Colombia: Refugees

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contribution the UK Government has made to the UN High Commission for Refugees in response to its appeal for funds in connection with Colombia; and if he will make a statement.

Gareth Thomas: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Global Appeal 2007 is currently under review by donors. In 2006, the UK Government provided £27,536,000 to the UNHCR global appeal. DFID's contribution was £25,863,000. There were also contributions from the Home Office (£1,214,000) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (£459,000). DFID's contribution was split into £15,920,000 un-earmarked and £9,943,000 earmarked. It is not possible to say how much of the contributions went specifically to Colombia.
	DFID contributes to the European Commission's humanitarian assistance programme for victims of internal conflict in Colombia through its 18 per cent. contribution to the EC. The EC will be providing €12 million humanitarian aid in 2007, to support people who are displaced as a result of the longstanding internal conflict in Colombia. The funds will be distributed by humanitarian NGOs and the UNHCR.

Nigeria: Overseas Aid

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what additional aid he plans to make available for the Independent Electoral Commission in Nigeria to deal with the additional workload since the election in that country.

Hilary Benn: It is too early to make any significant decision on how DFID's programme in Nigeria should be adjusted in response to the elections. Due to the problems encountered, additional elections were being held in many parts of the country on 28 April. Currently all sides are reflecting upon the electoral process and the results as these are returned.
	However, we are also reviewing our support for the electoral process, including our support to Independent Nigeria Electoral Commission (INEC). DFID provided £2.5 million of support to a Joint Donor Basket Fund managed by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The other donors are the European Union and Canadian CIDA. The majority of the joint funding was notionally allocated to INEC. But INEC has consistently turned down donor offers of technical support, so spending has been lower than anticipated.
	Given the events of the last three weeks, the UNDP are now doing a stock-take on our joint support to INEC. We are expecting proposals early this week on how we can best wrap-up our existing programme of support for INEC. After this, there will also be a review of lessons and a priority for the coming few months will be to reach a consensus in Nigeria on how best INEC can be supported in future. In addition, we will be undertaking joint analysis on the wider aspects of political governance which need to be addressed in order for the 2011 elections to be an improvement on those of 2007.

Palestinians: Sanctions

Andrew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the impact of banking sanctions on conditions of life in the Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement.

Hilary Benn: Since Hamas formed a Palestinian Government in March 2006, international banks dealing with the Palestinian Authority (PA) have risked litigation under US anti-terrorism laws. One result of this has been that the PA's single treasury account has been frozen. This has undermined important progress made over recent years to improve public financial accountability and control.
	Although this situation has made it harder to transfer money to the PA, the PA has been able to continue spending the limited funds it has available. DFID and other donors have also continued and increased aid to help meet the basic needs of Palestinians through other channels. For example, European Union (community and member states) aid is estimated to have increased by 27 per cent. in 2007, compared with 2006. This has partially offset the impact on Palestinian livelihoods of Israel's decision to withhold clearance revenues due to the PA.
	DFID is providing technical assistance to the Palestinian Monetary Authority to help ensure that Palestinian banks are able to meet international standards for tackling terrorist financing and money laundering.

Sudan: Dams

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations he has made to the government of Sudan on the issue of the Hamdab Dam and what account is taken of its impact on the local Amri people.

Hilary Benn: The UK is concerned by the Government of Sudan's plans to forcibly relocate local communities in the River Nile State by the end of 2007 because of the Hamdab Dam project. Strong protests from local tribes led to an agreement on 1 June 2006, for the state Government and local people to work together to resolve the issue. But the subsequent displacement of 2,200 families without prior warning suggests the Government are reneging on this commitment.
	British embassy officials in Khartoum have met representatives of the local people affected by the project. The UN Mission in Sudan's (UNMIS) Human Rights Unit, on behalf of the international community, is following the situation closely. We raised the plight of those affected by the Hamdab Dam project at a meeting of UNMIS and international partners on 26 April.

Sudan: Overseas Aid

Andrew Love: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what humanitarian aid he expects to be provided to the Darfur region of Sudan and eastern Chad in the next six months; and if he will make a statement.

Hilary Benn: Total donor intentions are difficult to estimate. In 2006, the UN's humanitarian appeal for Darfur was 79 per cent. funded, it is expected that similar levels will be forthcoming this year. DFID's contribution is largely through the Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF), to which we contributed £40 million in 2007, accounting for approximately 60 per cent. of the total. This supports critical needs throughout Sudan. DFID also expect to spend around £15 million over the next year in Darfur through direct grants to humanitarian non-governmental organisations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
	In the case of Chad, the UN's current annual appeal of £89 million is 40 per cent. funded. The UN is about to supplement this with an additional appeal to support the recent increase in internal displacement. DFID is providing £5 million to humanitarian operations in Chad this year, a rise of £1 million from last year.
	We will continue to monitor overall funding for Darfur and Chad and support the UN in lobbying other donors to make substantial and timely contributions.

Average Earnings

Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average hourly pay was of the  (a) (i) lowest and (ii) highest decile,  (b) (i) lowest and (ii) highest quartile and  (c) highest duo-decile of working age people in employment in each year since 1997.

Dawn Primarolo: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
	 Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 30 April 2007:
	The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the average hourly pay was of the (a) (i) lowest and (ii) highest decile, (b) (i) lowest and (ii) highest quartile and (c) highest duo-decile of working age people in employment in each year since 1997. I am replying in her absence. (135064)
	Average levels of earnings are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for all employees on adult rates of pay whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. This is the standard definition used for ASHE. The ASHE does not collect information on the self employed and people who do unpaid work.
	I attach a table showing the 10th, 25th, 75th, 90th and 95th percentile of Gross Hourly Pay, corresponding to the lowest decile, lowest quartile, highest quartile, highest decile, and highest duo-decile respectively, for all employees, for the years 1997-2006.
	The ASHE, carried out in April each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. It is a one per cent sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes.
	
		
			  Gross hourly earnings for all employee( 1)  Jobs—UK 
			  £ 
			   Percentile 
			   10( th)  25( th)  75( th)  90( th)  95( th) 
			 1997 3.81 4.96 10.64 15.29 18.98 
			 1998 4.00 5.13 11.12 15.96 19.98 
			 1999 4.18 5.36 11.55 16.69 20.96 
			 2000 4.36 5.56 12.03 17.27 21.81 
			 2001 4.53 5.79 12.62 18.27 23.51 
			 2002 4.78 6.00 13.18 19.21 24.72 
			 2003 5.01 6.30 13.68 19.93 25.66 
			 2004 excl. 5.21 6.56 14.28 20.75 26.67 
			 2004 inc.(2) 5.18 6.50 14.15 20.49 26.15 
			 2005 5.36 6.71 14.71 21.42 27.38 
			 2006 5.57 6.99 15.33 22.29 28.45 
			 (1) Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. (2) In 2004 additional supplementary surveys were introduced to improve the coverage of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Figures are presented both excluding and including the additional surveys for comparison purposes.  Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics

Members: Correspondence

Anthony Steen: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the chief executive of the Tax Credit Office to reply to the hon. Member for Totnes' letters of  (a) 11 December 2006 and  (b) 22 February 2007 on the case of Mr. and Mrs. Langford of Queen Elizabeth Drive, Paignton.

Stephen Timms: HMRC have sent a reply to the hon. Member and have apologised to him for the delay in replying.

Olympic Games: Greater London

Mark Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what effect he expects the recent revisions of the Olympics budget to have on plans for Crossrail.

Stephen Timms: Crossrail funding and financing issues will be considered further in the context of Sir Michael Lyons' recommendations and wider spending pressures and priorities. However, the affordability challenge represented by the scheme remains significant.

Revenue and Customs: Publicity

Mark Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many click throughs from HM Revenue and Customs online advertisements to the HM Revenue and Customs website have been recorded as part of the online aspect of the "Tax doesn't have to be taxing" campaign since its launch.

John Healey: As at end of March 2007 1,151,339 click throughs from HM Revenue and Customs online advertisements to the HM Revenue and Customs website have been recorded as part of the online aspect of the 'Tax doesn't have to be taxing' campaign.

Written Questions

Frank Field: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will answer question 131290, tabled by the right hon. Member for Birkenhead on 28 March 2007, on the abolition of the 10p tax rate.

Edward Balls: The Treasury hopes to be in a position to answer the right hon. Gentleman's question shortly.

Arts Council of England

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 
	(1)  what the investment returns were for the Arts Council of England from National Lottery funding in August 2006; and what they were in the latest period for which figures are available;
	(2)  how much funding the Arts Council of England received from the National Lottery in August 2006; and how much it received in the latest period for which figures are available.

David Lammy: holding answer 27 April 2007
	The following table shows the Arts Council England's income from the National Lottery Distribution Fund in August 2006, in March 2007 and in the entire financial year 2006-07.
	
		
			  Period  Operator -related income to nearest £1,000  Investment i ncome to nearest £1,000  Total to nearest £1,000 
			 August 2006 13,794,000 479,000 14,273,000 
			 March 2007 12,566,000 589,000 13,154,000 
			 Financial year 2006-07 142,861,000 6,396,000 149,257,000

Broadcasting Programmes: Children

Derek Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will take steps to improve the provision of children's programming by public service broadcasters.

Shaun Woodward: holding answer 27 April 2007
	In advance of their next scheduled PSB Review, Ofcom have announced they are looking at the future of children's TV programming in the UK. We await the outcome of that review with interest.

Cultural Heritage: Essex

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps are being taken to ensure the preservation of Essex's cultural heritage; and if she will make a statement.

David Lammy: English Heritage, the Government's statutory adviser on heritage matters, is taking a number of steps to ensure the preservation of Essex's cultural heritage. These include contributing funding towards buildings repairs—such as £400,000 towards repairs to St. Osyth's Priory—and securing the future of a number of "buildings at risk", enabling 44 buildings to be removed from their Register. English Heritage is in discussion with agencies involved in the Thames Gateway expansion, the Stansted airport proposed expansion and proposed wind farm off Maldon. English Heritage is responsible for the management of 11 historic sites in Essex, the largest being Audley End House. English Heritage is a member of the East of England Regional Cultural Consortium and chairs the East of England Heritage Environment Forum.
	Since 1994 the Heritage Lottery Fund has made close to 500 awards to the county totalling some £33.5 million to preserve cultural heritage.

Digital Switchover Help Scheme

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department spent assisting older and disabled people with the switch to digital television in  (a) 2005 and  (b) 2006; how much it has spent in 2007; and how much it plans to spend in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010.

Shaun Woodward: To the present date, a total of £211,000 has been spent on helping vulnerable groups with switchover, this being solely for the Bolton Digital Television Trial in 2005-06. This funding was equally split with the BBC.
	All future assistance, which is to be delivered by the Digital Switchover Help Scheme (DSHS), will be provided by the BBC and paid for through the licence fee. We estimate the cost of the scheme at £600 million and this will include assistance provided for the Whitehaven project.

National Lottery: Charities

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the eligibility criteria are for registered charitable organisations to receive Lottery funding; and which charitable institutions are ineligible.

Richard Caborn: Almost any organisation in the United Kingdom, including registered charities, can apply for lottery funding for projects which are not intended primarily for private gain and for which funds would be unlikely to be made available by Government or the devolved administrations.
	Under the National Lottery Act 2006, "charitable expenditure", in relation to expenditure under the charitable, health, education and environment good causes, means expenditure for a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purpose. Such expenditure is not restricted to registered charities, which are able to benefit from all the lottery good causes.
	However, each of the lottery distributing bodies publishes specific eligibility criteria for each of its funding programmes, and applicant organisations must comply with these.

Olympic Games: Finance

Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much of the planned World Class Pathway funding for the Beijing Cycle was spent in the 2006-07 financial year, broken down by Olympic sport.

Richard Caborn: Between 2006 and 2009, a total of £250.2 million has been budgeted to be invested in the World Class Performance Pathway (WCPP) for Olympic and Paralympic sport, of which a total of £72.5 million was ring fenced to be spent in 2006-07.
	The total amount actually invested in Olympic sports for 2006-07 is primarily dependent on the extent to which their World Class Pathway programmes and governance are fit for purpose to receive public funding. The final figures will be available once UK Sport has signed off the audited 2006-07 year-end accounts in June.

Olympic Games: Greater London

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures are being taken by her Department to ensure that the 2012 Olympic Games is a drug-free event.

Richard Caborn: The Department sponsors UK Sport, the UK's national anti-doping organisation, which is responsible for delivering the UK's national anti-doping programme. In the run-up to the 2012 Games, UK Sport will continue to deliver its anti-doping programme for all Olympic and Paralympic sports.
	The chief medical officer at the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), who was appointed in February, is responsible for the anti-doping programme during the 2012 Games, under delegation from the International Olympic Committee.
	In light of this appointment, LOCOG has begun work on arrangements for the testing programme, and will continue to do so in collaboration with UK Sport and DCMS.

Public Libraries: Kent

Derek Wyatt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with Kent county council on redundancies in its library service.

David Lammy: holding answer 27 April 2007
	None. Staffing of libraries and library authorities is a matter for local authorities to decide, after considering available resources and local priorities, providing it does not affect the authority's ability to deliver a "comprehensive and efficient" library service to the public as required under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.

Public Service Broadcasting: Children

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the regulatory requirements are for each public service broadcaster in relation to children's television; and if she will make a statement.

Shaun Woodward: Section 264 of the Communications Act 2003 requires Ofcom to regularly review and report on the extent to which public service broadcasters fulfil the purposes of public service television, including the provision (when the services are taken together) of a
	"suitable quantity and range of high quality and original programmes for children and young people".
	Public service broadcasters are required to consult Ofcom on proposals for significant changes in their statements of programme policy.

Policy Review

Dai Davies: To ask the Prime Minister for what reason reference to Trident or its successor was not made in the policy review report "Building on Progress: Britain in the World" published on 17 April.

Tony Blair: "Building on Progress: Britain in the World" draws on the conclusions and discussions of the Ministerial Working Group on Britain in the World, and seminars for junior Ministers conducted as part of the policy review process. It sets out a high-level overview of the broad UK approach to foreign policy since 1997, what the UK has achieved, and what the UK should seek to achieve in the decades to come. It does not aim to cover every issue in detail.
	My statement of 4 December 2006,  Official Report, columns 21-24, set out in detail the Government's position on maintaining the UK's independent nuclear deterrent. The reasons for that decision were further explained in the White Paper "The Future of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent" (Cm 6994), published on the same day. The House voted in favour of the Government's decision on 14 March 2007.

Sudan

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with her counterparts at the EU Council of Ministers on pressing the Government of Sudan  (a) to accept and implement the full deployment of a strengthened international force with UN elements in Darfur and along the border with Chad,  (b) to monitor the EU arms embargo to Sudan,  (c) to help implement the Tripoli Agreement of February 2006 and  (d) to extend the Sudan sanctions regime against key individuals.

Ian McCartney: At the EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council on 23 April, which my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary attended, European Foreign Ministers:
	recalled that transition to a full African Union/UN hybrid force for Darfur was urgently required;
	underlined the urgency of deploying a UN operation in Eastern Chad and the North-East of the Central African Republic;
	called on both Sudan and Chad to refrain from further escalation and fully respect their commitments under the 2006 Tripoli Agreement; and
	reiterated their readiness to consider further measures against any party which obstructs implementation of the peace agreements for Darfur.
	The meeting did not address the EU arms embargo for Sudan, nor are there any plans to amend it.

Sudan: Overseas Aid

Andrew Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to tackle the harassment of humanitarian aid workers by the Sudanese authorities in the Darfur region; and if she will make a statement.

Ian McCartney: The UK played a prominent role with the UN and other partners in securing a joint communiqué on 28 March between the UN and the Government of Sudan on humanitarian operations in Darfur. This committed the Government of Sudan to remove bureaucratic impediments and respect the neutrality and independence of agencies involved in the relief effort.
	We are pressing the Government of Sudan to implement their commitments in full, including in a letter that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development sent with five other foreign and development Ministers to the Sudanese Foreign Minister, Lam Akol. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary repeated this point when she chaired an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on 16 April.

Sudan: Peacekeeping Operations

Andrew Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 
	(1)  what steps her Department is taking to reach agreement on the proposed deployment of 20,000 UN peacekeeping troops in the Darfur region of Sudan; and if she will make a statement;
	(2)  what steps she is taking to facilitate Stage 3 of the agreement between the government of Sudan and the United Nations; and if she will make a statement.

Ian McCartney: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary chaired an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on 16 April which welcomed the Sudanese Government's agreement to the UN's Heavy Support Package (the second stage of the agreement between the UN and the Government of Sudan). We are pressing them to agree to a joint African Union (AU)/UN Hybrid Force (the third stage). If the Sudanese Government and rebels do not co-operate, we will move to tougher sanctions.
	We have seconded staff into the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations and are supporting their work through political lobbying. We are also a major contributor to the AU Mission in Sudan to keep it going until a joint AU/UN Hybrid Force can be deployed.

Uganda: Armed Conflict

Andrew Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to the Ugandan authorities on the declaration by President Museveni and his Security Minister Amama Mbabazi that the People's Redemption Army suspects will only be released if they apply for amnesty; and if she will make a statement.

Ian McCartney: We continue to raise our wider concerns about the continued detention of the People's Redemption Army suspects with the Government of Uganda. Most recently, our High Commissioner in Kampala, with other EU Heads of Mission, made representations about this issue to Foreign Minister Kutesa on 13 April.
	We will continue to make representations until the Government of Uganda abides by the constitution and respects the rule of law and independence of the judiciary.

Uganda: Peace Negotiations

Andrew Love: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps her Department plans to take to help achieve a successful outcome to the peace talks between the Lord's Resistance Army and Ugandan Government representatives due to commence in the week beginning 30 April; and if she will make a statement.

Ian McCartney: Following interventions by UN Special Envoy Joaquim Chissano, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan Government have agreed to resume peace talks in Juba on 26 April. This is encouraging, as is the extension of the cessation of hostilities agreement until the end of June.
	We believe that the peace talks in Juba between the LRA and the Government of Uganda offer the best chance for many years to achieve peace. Through the Africa Conflict Prevention Pool the UK has provided £250,000 to a UN fund set up to support the talks process and we have made it clear that we will consider any further requests for assistance very carefully.

Departments: Planning

Fabian Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps are taken by his Department to include  (a) older people and  (b) people with disabilities in strategic planning, policy making and the delivery of the services they use.

Anne McGuire: The Government's strategy on older people and ageing, "Opportunity Age" was first published in March 2005. A series of consultation events at which the views and ideas of older people were sought has been invaluable in shaping that strategy.
	DWP is piloting a "LinkAge Plus" programme, to test ways of building fully integrated services from health and benefits to leisure and learning. Eight pilots (led by local authorities) have been looking at ways of joining up government for older people. LinkAge Plus puts older people at the heart of the process in identifying effective models that meet their needs and aspirations and involves them in their design.
	DWP also sponsors "Better Government for Older People", comprising approximately 200 voluntary elected members from older people's forums and groups across the UK, which works to reflect the views of older people in policy making.
	DWP engages in a range of ongoing involvement activities with disabled people to ensure that their needs and views are reflected in both policy making and service delivery. These are outlined in our disability equality schemes published on 1 December 2006.
	The Department sponsored the creation of Equality 2025, a new non-departmental public body providing a mechanism through which disabled people can have direct communication with central Government to influence, at an early stage, Government policies and service delivery that affect disabled people's lives.
	We also consult with disabled people to obtain their feedback on new policy proposals or changes as part of our diversity impact assessment process. The findings from such consultation help to influence the final decision on those proposals or changes.

Incapacity Benefit: Jobseeker's Allowance

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much he estimates will be spent on providing jobseeker's allowance incapacity benefits for 2007-08.

Anne McGuire: Planned expenditure in 2007-08, is £2,546 million for jobseeker's allowance, £6,428 million for incapacity benefit, and £887 million for severe disablement allowance.

Jobseeker's Allowance: Gloucester

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in  (a) Cheltenham and  (b) all Gloucestershire constituencies in each month since March (i) without seasonal adjustment and (ii) seasonally adjusted.

James Plaskitt: The available information is in the following table; March 2007 is the most recent available information. Seasonally adjusted figures are not available at constituency level.
	
		
			  Jobseeker's allowance claimants in Gloucestershire parliamentary constituencies, without seasonal adjustment: March 2007 
			  Constituency  Claimants 
			 Cheltenham 1,443 
			 Cotswold 523 
			 Forest of Dean 937 
			 Gloucester 1,594 
			 Stroud 731 
			 Tewkesbury 684 
			  Notes: 1. Figures are unrounded. 2. Figures include clerically held cases.  Source: 100 per cent. count of claimants of unemployment-related benefits, Jobcentre Plus Computer Systems.

New Deal Schemes: Unemployment

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the impact of the new deal on unemployment; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Murphy: holding answer 23 April 2007
	 Since 1997, claimant unemployment has fallen by 708,000 and the number of people on lone parent benefits has fallen by 230,000. We are also spending £5 billion less on unemployment than we did in 1997.
	The new deal, which has helped more than 1.7 million people into work since January 1998, has contributed to this success. It has helped reduce long-term claimant unemployment to close to its lowest for 30 years and to significantly reduce long-term youth claimant unemployment.

Pensions

Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the size of savings needed to buy an annuity for  (a) a single worker and  (b) a married couple to ensure a pension income that takes them above pension credit eligibility.

James Purnell: The size of annuity required to take an individual above pension credit eligibility depends on a wide range of factors. This includes the type of annuity an individual purchases, their entitlement to basic and addition state pension, and any additional needs they may have which affect pension credit entitlement. It also depends on whether their pension will take them above pension credit eligibility at the point of retirement or over their expected lifetime and whether their pension will take them above guarantee credit only or savings credit.
	Under our proposed pension reforms someone retiring in 2053 with a good contribution record (through working or caring) could expect to receive around £135 per week from the state pension on retirement (in 2005-06 earnings terms). This is—for a single person—above the end point of pension credit. Couples with good contribution records will be substantially above the end point for pension credit.
	Only those on the guarantee credit alone will face pound for pound withdrawal on private saving. Someone with around 25 years of working or caring retiring in 2050 will have accrued enough state pension to bring them above the guarantee credit only. Our analysis suggests that in 2050 around 6 per cent. of all pensioners will be eligible for guarantee credit only, and only around one in 50 pensioners will retire directly onto guarantee credit only. In addition, those with small amounts of savings will be able to take them as a lump sum under the trivial commutation rules.

Remploy: Business Interests

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what outside business interests directors at Remploy are permitted to pursue; and if he will make a statement.

Anne McGuire: Remploy's Executive Directors are permitted to pursue outside business interests, providing this does not impact on their role at Remploy and they have the permission of the Company. Non-Executive Directors are free to pursue outside business interests.

Incapacity Benefit

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of incapacity benefit claimants returned to work within  (a) two weeks,  (b) one month,  (c) three months and  (d) six months in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Anne McGuire: The information is not available in the format requested.
	The latest Destination of Benefit Leavers Survey (2004) suggests 50 per cent. of incapacity benefit leavers returned to work of 16 hours or more in that year, higher than reported in the previous year.
	The Destination of Benefit Leavers Survey also provides the following breakdown for those leaving incapacity benefits for work, by benefit duration.
	
		
			  IB claim duration (weeks)  Percentage returned to/starting work of 16 hours or more 
			 0-13 67 
			 13-26 61 
			 26-52 46 
			 52+ 40 
			  Notes: 1. Incapacity benefits include, contributory incapacity benefit and income support for the sick and disabled. 2. 'Leavers' excludes those leaving as a result of death.  Source: DWP Destination of Benefit Leavers 2004. Research Report no. 244

Social Security Benefits

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the name of each benefit administered by his Department was in each year since 1996-97; what the level of each benefit was in each year; what the total amount paid in each benefit was in each year; what proportion of the total paid in each year was means-tested; and what the cost of administering each payment was in each year.

James Plaskitt: The name of each benefit administered by the Department, and the total amount paid in each benefit in each year, since 1996-97, can be found in benefit expenditure tables on the Department for Work and Pensions website at the following address:
	http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/medium_term.asp.
	The benefit names are listed in column A of table 3. Annual amounts paid in each benefit are listed from 1996-97 (column H) to 2007-08 (column S). All figures are outturn, apart from 2006-07, which are estimated outturn, and 2007-08, which are planned expenditure. The figures in table 3 are in cash terms and are rounded to the nearest million pounds. Expenditure at 2007-08 prices can be found in table 4, which is laid out exactly the same as table 3.
	There are notes attached to each internet table, but the following particular points should be noted:
	1. Responsibility for child benefit, guardians allowance and child's special allowance transferred to Inland Revenue, now HM Revenue and Customs, in April 2003.
	2. Responsibility for war pensions transferred to the Veterans Agency in 2002-03.
	The amount paid for each benefit in each year, in other words weekly benefit rates, are published each year in Statutory Instruments, as Social Security Benefits Up-rating Orders, which will be in the House of Commons Library and can be found on the Office for Public Sector Information website at the following addresses:
	1996: SI 559 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19960599_en_l.htm
	1997: SI 543 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1997/19970543.htm
	1998: SI 470 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19980470.htm
	1999: SI 341 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1999/19990341.htm
	2000: SI 440 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20000440.htm
	2001: SI 207 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2001/20010207.htm
	2002: SI 668 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2002/20020668.htm
	2003: SI 526 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20030526.htm
	2004: SI 552 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/20040552.htm
	2005: SI 522 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050522.htm
	2006: SI 645 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/20060645.htm
	2007: SI 688 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/20070688.htm
	Some other useful information about weekly benefit rates can be found on pages 50 to 74 of the 2005 edition of the Abstract of Statistics for Benefits, National Insurance Contributions, and Indices of Prices and Earnings, and on pages 101 to 191 of the 2004 edition of Work and Pensions Statistics (now discontinued) which can be located at the following internet addresses:
	http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/abstract/Abstract2005.pdf
	http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/workandpens/2004/lndividual_Benefit_Statistics.pdf
	The proportion of the total paid in each year that was means-tested is shown in the following table:
	
		
			   Means tested proportion of total benefit paid in each year (percentage) 
			 1996-97 35.2 
			 1997-98 33.9 
			 1998-99 32.7 
			 1999-2000 31.0 
			 2000-01 29.3 
			 2001-02 29.0 
			 2002-03 29.3 
			 2003-04 31.5 
			 2004-05 31.5 
			 2005-06 30.8 
			 2006-07 31.1 
			 2007-08 30.7 
		
	
	These percentages have been calculated using information in benefit expenditure table 3.
	Full information about the cost of administering each payment in each year is not available.
	From 1999-2000 the cost of administration is accounted for separately within the departmental expenditure limit (DEL) and the information requested on administration costs at benefit level is not available.
	Information on administrative costs prior to the creation of DWP in 2001 is not comparable with administrative costs now due to considerable organisational change.
	The available information, which is at benefit level, is in the following tables:
	
		
			  £ million 
			  Cash (i)  1996-97  1997-98  1998-99 
			  Contributory benefits (paid from the National Insurance Fund)   
			 Retirement Pension 303 312 314 
			 Widow's benefits 15 12 8 
			 Unemployment Benefit (ii) 95 — — 
			 Incapacity Benefit 365 294 375 
			 Jobseeker's Allowance (contribution based) 57 63 51 
			
			  Non-contributory benefits (paid from voted money)   
			 War Pensions 42 39 32 
			 Attendance Allowance 82 76 75 
			 Disability Living Allowance 147 164 119 
			 Severe Disablement Allowance 36 42 43 
			 
			 Income Support — 717 581 
			 excluding the unemployed—12 months 877 — — 
			 unemployed only—6 months 209 — — 
			 
			 Jobseeker's Allowance (income based) 315 452 330 
			 Child Benefit and One Parent Benefit 133 133 125 
			 Family Credit 66 59 72 
			 Social Fund 180 161 215 
			 Invalid Care Allowance 30 27 34 
			 Housing Benefit (iii) 312 328 350 
			 Council Tax Benefit (iii) 182 180 175 
		
	
	
		
			  £ million 
			  2007-08 prices (i)  1996-97  1997-98  1998-99 
			  Contributory benefits (paid from the National Insurance Fund)   
			 Retirement Pension 396 396 389 
			 Widow's benefits 20 15 10 
			 Unemployment Benefit (ii) 124 — — 
			 Incapacity Benefit 477 373 464 
			 Jobseeker's Allowance (contribution based) 74 80 63 
			
			  Non-contributory benefits (paid from voted money)   
			 War Pensions 55 50 40 
			 Attendance Allowance 107 97 93 
			 Disability Living Allowance 192 208 147 
			 Severe Disablement Allowance 47 53 53 
			 
			 Income Support — 911 720 
			 excluding the unemployed—12 months 1,146 — — 
			 unemployed only—6 months 273 — — 
			 
			 Jobseeker's Allowance (income based) 412 574 409 
			 Child Benefit and One Parent Benefit 174 169 155 
			 Family Credit 86 75 89 
			 Social Fund 235 204 266 
			 Invalid Care Allowance 39 34 42 
			 Housing Benefit (iii) 408 417 433 
			 Council Tax Benefit (iii) 238 229 217 
			  Notes:  1. Costs shown represent the total estimated costs to Government, Department of Social Security and other Departments of administering Social Security benefits.  2. Includes the cost of administering national insurance credits for clients who do not receive any social security benefit.  3. Costs quoted are local authority costs. Central Government costs are allocated to income support.  4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest million pounds.  5. The information has been taken from the 1998, 1999 and 2000 Department for Social Security departmental reports. The information requested is only available to 1998-99.  6. Figures have been converted to 2007-08 prices using GDP deflators issued by HM Treasury following the Budget report 2007.

Social Security Benefits: Disabled

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of lone parents whose youngest child is over the age of 11 years are receiving  (a) income support and  (b) incapacity benefit; and how many and what proportion of each group are (i) carers for a disabled child and (ii) have a disability themselves.

Jim Murphy: The available information is in the following table.
	
		
			  Lone parents with youngest child over 11: Great Britain 
			  Claiming  Number  Proportion of all LPs with youngest child over 11 (Percentage)   Number  Proportion (Percentage) 
			 Income support 108,950 19.1 Caring for a child with a disability 38,000 35.1 
			Report disability themselves 65,000 60.2 
			 Incapacity benefits 24,370 4.3 Caring for a child with a disability (1)— (1)— 
			Report disability themselves 24,370 100 
			 (1 )Family and Children's Study sample size too small to identify.   Notes: 1. Reporting a disability and caring for a disabled child are not mutually exclusive categories—those who are both caring for a disabled child and report a disability themselves (21.6 per cent. of those with youngest child over 11 claiming income support) will appear in both categories.  2. The income support figures do not include any claimants on incapacity benefit. However, some of those included in the incapacity benefit may also receive income support.   Source:  DWP administrative data; Family and Children's study 2004, Labour Force Survey 2006 Q2.

Social Security Benefits: Greater London

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claimed  (a) income support,  (b) job seeker's allowance,  (c) housing benefit,  (d) council tax benefit,  (e) carer's allowance and  (f) incapacity benefit in each London borough in each of the last five years.

James Plaskitt: The available information has been placed in the Library.

State Retirement Pensions

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the total volume of deficit repair contributions made in each of the last five years.

James Purnell: The PPF collects information on deficit reduction payments made by schemes in order to reduce the amount of risk-based levy they are liable to pay. As the PPF has only been in operation since April 2005, information on such deficit reduction payments is not available for each of the last five years.
	Such information as is available was published in the Purple Book (http://www.ppf.gov.uk/the_purple_book _ppf-tpr.pdf)
	"Schemes in the sample had certified approximately £9.8bn of special contributions to reduce deficits by 7 April 2006. These contributions were certified to the Pension Protection Fund for the purpose of enabling a more up-to-date assessment to be made of the scheme funding position, with the extra contributions increasing the scheme assets and so reducing the risk-based levy."
	Figures for deficit reduction payments in 2006-07 are not yet available.

Police: Street Patrols

Edward Vaizey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of time police officers spend patrolling the streets.

Tony McNulty: 63 per cent. of officer time was spent on frontline activities in 2005-06. 14 per cent. of officer time was spent on patrol.
	Other frontline activities not captured by the definition of "patrol" include arrests, dealing with incidents, gathering intelligence, responding to 999 calls, carrying out searches, dealing with informants, and interviewing suspects, victims and witnesses.

Identity Cards

Martin Linton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the potential contribution of identity cards to the tackling of identity fraud.

Joan Ryan: Our plans for a National Identity Scheme, including the introduction of identity cards, will not only enable people to prove their identity easily, quickly and simply but will also provide a highly secure means of protecting their identity. This will have a significant impact upon identity fraud, which costs the United Kingdom economy at least £1.7 billion each year.

Identity Cards

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost has been of the identity card scheme.

Joan Ryan: Some £58 million has been spent on the identity cards scheme since the start of the 2003-04 financial year and up to the end of September 2006.

Antisocial Behaviour

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans his Department has to hold another Antisocial Behaviour Day Count.

Tony McNulty: There are no current plans to hold another national Antisocial Behaviour Day Count.
	Since the 2003 day count, a number of new ways of measuring performance have been introduced. The focus is now on the perception of antisocial behaviour rather than specific incident counting, which is subject to severe under-reporting. As such these measures supersede the need for a specific "one day" antisocial behaviour incident count.
	The perception of antisocial behaviour is monitored nationally through the British Crime Survey (BCS) and at a local level through the Local Government User Satisfaction Survey (LGUSS). In addition a survey of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) is conducted on a quarterly basis to monitor, at a local level, the uptake and use of a number of tools and powers used to tackle antisocial behaviour, such as acceptable behaviour contracts (ABCs), demotion orders and housing injunctions.

Extradition

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria his Department uses in assessing extradition requests from other countries.

Joan Ryan: holding answer 18 April 2007
	 The requirements for extradition requests are set out in the Extradition Act 2003. Extradition requests from EU member states are assessed wholly by the courts using criteria set out in Part one of the Act.
	Extradition requests from other parts of the world are considered in part by the courts using criteria set out in Part two of the Act. The Secretary of State's role in considering extradition requests is limited to requests made under Part two of the Act; and in those requests, he must decide whether he is prohibited from ordering a person's extradition under criteria set out at sections 94-96 of the Act. These relate to the death penalty, speciality and possible earlier extradition from a third country.

Fixed Penalties

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many penalty notices for disorder were issued for  (a) theft,  (b) criminal damage,  (c) being drunk and disorderly and  (d) dropping litter in each month since November 2004.

Vernon Coaker: Penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) rolled-out to all police forces in England and Wales under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001. Under the scheme, the police can issue a fixed penalty of £50 or £80 for a specified range of disorder offences including shop theft (under £200) and criminal damage (under £500).
	Data on the number of PNDs (penalty notice for disorder) issued for the specified offence for each month since November 2004 are provided in the following tables. The data for 2006 are provisional. Finalised data for 2006 will be available this summer.
	The figures show that the PND has been an increasingly useful disposal option for the police in tackling low-level antisocial behaviour, providing them with a simple, non-bureaucratic financial punishment for first-time offenders.
	
		
			  Number of penalty notices for disorder issued to persons aged 16 and over for selected offences by month, November 2004 to December 2006( 1,2) 
			  Offence   Total  Jan uary  Feb ruary  Mar ch  Apr il  May  Jun e 
			 Drunk and disorderly 2004 6,154 — — — — — — 
			  2005 37,038 2,842 2,732 2,779 2,860 2,927 2,551 
			  2006(1) 42,308 3,101 3,090 3,073 3,696 3,515 3,503 
			  
			 Criminal Damage (under £500) 2004 1,103 — — — — — — 
			  2005 12,168 813 754 786 906 982 990 
			  2006(1) 19,654 1,505 1,377 1,312 1,562 1,584 1,710 
			  
			 Theft (retail under £200) 2004 2,018 — — — — — — 
			  2005 21,997 1,286 1,309 1,603 1,806 1,822 1,728 
			  2006(1) 37,463 2,608 2,655 2,983 2,843 2,957 2,999 
			  
			 Depositing and leaving litter 2004 49 — — — — — — 
			  2005 737 32 47 56 54 75 73 
			  2006(1) 1,125 77 89 69 109 118 124 
		
	
	
		
			  Offence   Ju ly  Aug ust  Sep tember  Oct ober  Nov ember  December 
			 Drunk and disorderly 2004 — — — — 2,504 3,650 
			  2005 3,092 2,969 2,822 3,400 3,296 4,768 
			  2006(1) 3,481 3,441 3,545 3,753 3,304 4,806 
			 
			 Criminal Damage (under £500) 2004 — — — — 452 651 
			  2005 1,158 1,158 1,052 1,193 1,093 1,283 
			  2006(1) 1,746 1,919 1,806 1,778 1,579 1,776 
			 
			 Theft (retail under £200) 2004 — — — — 872 1,146 
			  2005 1,700 1,746 2,005 2,048 2,432 2,512 
			  2006(1) 2,722 3,148 3,346 3,498 3,873 3,831 
			 
			 Depositing and leaving litter 2004 — — — — 19 30 
			  2005 60 53 63 71 66 87 
			  2006(1) 87 77 108 104 87 76 
			 (1) Data on PNDs issued in 2006 are unpublished and provisional (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Homicide: Greater London

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded murders there were in each London borough in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of those recorded murders led to a conviction in each year, broken down by borough.

Vernon Coaker: The statistics are not available in the form requested. The recorded crime statistics relate to homicide offences and convictions data relates to offenders. In addition, recorded crime data are published on a financial year basis and conviction data are published on a calendar year basis. For these reasons, the two data sources are therefore not directly comparable.
	Figures for the number of offences recorded and the number of convictions are in the following tables. Recorded crime data at borough level are only available from 2000-01.
	
		
			  Table 1: Recorded offences of homicide by London borough—2000-01 to 2005-06 
			  Borough  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			 Barking and Dagenham 4 2 3 4 8 4 
			 Barnet 8 4 5 2 5 4 
			 Bexley 3 2 2 0 2 3 
			 Brent 6 12 6 10 18 10 
			 Bromley 7 3 4 2 3 2 
			 Camden 7 10 16 1 8 22 
			 City of Westminster 8 8 9 6 5 8 
			 Croydon 3 7 6 12 10 10 
			 Ealing 8 9 9 6 8 8 
			 Enfield 2 6 6 6 12 6 
			 Greenwich 4 5 4 12 8 5 
			 Hackney 14 14 6 20 9 7 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 6 10 6 4 4 2 
			 Haringey 9 7 17 12 10 5 
			 Harrow 3 3 0 3 0 2 
			 Havering 5 3 1 6 0 2 
			 Hillingdon 2 2 5 6 2 3 
			 Hounslow 5 6 2 7 6 5 
			 Islington 11 9 3 5 7 2 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 4 3 3 1 9 4 
			 Kingston upon Thames 1 3 0 1 2 2 
			 Lambeth 13 17 15 12 10 7 
			 Lewisham 6 7 5 9 5 9 
			 Merton 3 2 3 2 0 3 
			 Newham 11 7 14 15 10 13 
			 Redbridge 5 3 5 8 4 6 
			 Richmond upon Thames 2 0 2 3 3 2 
			 Southwark 15 11 11 13 9 7 
			 Sutton 3 2 3 1 1 0 
			 Tower Hamlets 4 9 11 11 8 0 
			 Waltham Forest 4 5 7 9 5 7 
			 Wandsworth 3 11 6 2 4 5 
			 Total 189 202 195 211 195 175 
		
	
	
		
			  Number of defendants found guilty at all courts of homicide, broken down by London court area, 1996 to 2005( 1,)( )( 2,)( )( 3) 
			  London court Area  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005 
			 City of London
			 Guildhall Justice Rooms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 
			  Inner London Courts
			 Bow Street 2 1 4 3 5 8 3 3 3 5 4 
			 Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge 8 14 5 10 7 10 12 15 13 16 16 
			 Greenwich and Woolwich 2 4 10 14 5 7 3 9 8 6 11 
			 Highbury Corner 15 16 14 22 13 7 13 8 7 9 6 
			 Horseferry Road 2 3 3 3 2 4 1 6 2 6 9 
			 Marylebone 4 3 4 1 3 5 — — — — — 
			 South Western — 2 2 1 8 6 3 4 4 — 4 
			 Thames 2 — 1 1 5 11 12 7 7 15 13 
			 West London 2 2 6 4 4 4 2 6 8 2 10 
			 Inner London Juvenile Courts 1 6 1 — — — — — — — — 
			 Total - Inner London 38 51 50 59 52 62 49 58 52 59 73 
			 
			  Outer London Boroughs
			 Barking and Dagenham — — — 6 1 — 6 3 4 1 1 
			 Barnet 1 1 — 3 4 1 2 6 7 3 4 
			 Bexley — — — 1 1 1 — 2 1 — 4 
			 Brent 6 4 4 4 1 15 7 6 7 11 8 
			 Bromley 2 2 — 1 3 — 1 4 1 2 — 
			 Croydon 3 1 1 1 — 1 2 8 4 9 6 
			 Ealing 3 3 3 4 2 8 5 3 4 5 6 
			 Enfield 3  4 1 5 4 3 7 4 9 9 
			 Haringey 5 3 3 4 3 2 11 5 7 7 4 
			 Harrow — 1 — 2 1 2 1 — — 2 — 
			 Havering 1 — 2 — 1 2 3 — — 4 — 
			 Hillingdon 3 2 5 2 1 — 1 1 2 8 2 
			 Hounslow 2 — 3 7 6 7 1 1 3 1 7 
			 Kingston-upon-Thames 4 — 1 — 2 1  4  4 1 
			 Merton 4 2 2 1 1 2 6  1 4 1 
			 Newham 2 3 2 5 6 4 4 8 3 11 12 
			 Redbridge 2 1 - 1 2 - 1 - 3 3 9 
			 Richmond upon Thames 1 — 2 3 1 1 1 — 1 — — 
			 Sutton — — — 1 — — 1 1 2 3 — 
			 Waltham Forest 3 3 1 5 — 1 7 3 4 4 3 
			 Total - Outer London 45 26 33 52 41 52 63 62 58 91 77 
			 
			 Total 83 77 83 111 93 114 112 120 110 151 150 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) The data covers: murder, manslaughter and infanticide—provided to be consistent with recorded crime data provided for this PQ.  Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform — Ref IOS 210-07.

Police: Broadcasting Programmes

Richard Younger-Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether police forces in England and Wales charge television companies for video footage used in television programmes.

Tony McNulty: Charging the media for police-held video material is a matter for decision by individual chief officers. The Association of Chief Police Officers have produced guidance notes on this subject entitled "Media Advisory Group Guidelines Parts 1-11".

Police: Cheshire

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers were recruited in Cheshire in each year since 1997.

Tony McNulty: The available data, for 2002-03 onwards, is in the following tables.
	
		
			 Police officer recruits(1) to Cheshire police from 2002-03 to 2005-06(2) (FTE)(3) 
			  Cheshire 
			 2002-03 141 
			 2003-04 153 
			 2004-05 105 
			 2005-06 121 
			 (1) Recruits included those officers joining as standard direct recruits and those who were previously special constables. This excludes police officers on transfers from other forces and those rejoining. (2) Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. Data are not available prior to 2002-03. (3) Full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. 
		
	
	
		
			 Police community support officer recruits(1) to Cheshire police from 2002-03 to 2005-06(2) (FTE)(3) 
			  Cheshire 
			 2002-03 2 
			 2003-04 26 
			 2004-05 12 
			 2005-06 14 
			 (1) Recruits included those officers joining as standard direct recruits and those who were previously special constables. This excludes police community support officers on transfers from other forces and those rejoining. (2) Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. Data are not available prior to 2002-03. (3) Full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items.

Police: Manpower

Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many former police officers rejoined the police force in England and Wales in each year since 1997, broken down by police force area.

Tony McNulty: The available data are from 2002-03 onwards and are in the following table.
	
		
			 Police officer retainers (FTE)(1) by force from 2002-03 to 2005-06(2) 
			  2002-03 2003-04(3) 2004-05 2005-06 
			 Avon and Somerset 1 0 0 0 
			 Bedfordshire 5 2 0 3 
			 Cambridgeshire 8 9 8 5 
			 Cheshire 2 1 2 0 
			 Cleveland 1 0 1 2 
			 Cumbria 4 1 0 1 
			 Derbyshire 19 0 13 20 
			 Devon and Cornwall 6 0 1 11 
			 Dorset 0 1 1 7 
			 Durham 0 2 0 0 
			 Dyfed-Powys 0 n/a 0 3 
			 Essex 9 30 4 7 
			 Gloucestershire 4 0 0 5 
			 Greater Manchester 0 17 35 29 
			 Gwent 0 1 13 17 
			 Hampshire 6 3 19 14 
			 Hertfordshire 5 4 2 1 
			 Humberside 6 3 3 32 
			 Kent 1 10 7 15 
			 Lancashire 5 1 1 0 
			 Leicestershire 5 2 10 11 
			 Lincolnshire 5 1 2 4 
			 London, City of 1 2 2 1 
			 Merseyside 0 0 1 0 
			 Metropolitan Police 46 69 113 100 
			 Norfolk 8 0 0 5 
			 Northamptonshire 1 0 0 1 
			 Northumbria 0 8 1 10 
			 North Wales 0 0 1 8 
			 North Yorkshire 1 n/a 0 0 
			 Nottinghamshire 0 1 1 20 
			 South Wales 22 4 0 32 
			 South Yorkshire 0 6 11 18 
			 Staffordshire 7 13 15 2 
			 Suffolk 1 0 0 10 
			 Surrey 9 4 4 8 
			 Sussex 4 8 2 11 
			 Thames Valley 8 7 18 18 
			 Warwickshire 1 4 1 3 
			 West Mercia 2 3 14 11 
			 West Midlands 23 15 13 9 
			 West Yorkshire 4 3 9 17 
			 Wiltshire 2 5 1 3 
			 (1) This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. (2) Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. (3) Data are not available for Dyfed-Powys and North Yorkshire.

Police: Telephone Services

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police authorities did not meet the target time for handling calls from the public under the National Call Handling Standards for  (a) urgent and  (b) non-urgent calls in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Tony McNulty: holding answer 12 February 2007
	The target times for answering emergency and non-emergency calls under the National Call Handling Standards is not yet collated nationally, as NCHS has not been fully implemented in all forces.
	The HMIC Baseline Assessment in 2006 examined implementation of NCHS and its relationship with the Quality of Service Agreement under 1C Customer Service and Accessibility. The HMIC's 2007-08 assessment regime will also address this area of work.

Prisoners: Compensation

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many claims for compensation were made by prisoners at each of Her Majesty's Prisons and Young Offender Institutions in each year between 1997 and 2007; on what basis each claim was made; how many of these claims were settled out of court; how many were otherwise successful; what the total sum was of compensation paid; and what action was taken by the prison authorities in each case to prevent similar claims in the future.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Rape: Greater London

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded rapes there were in each London borough in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of those recorded rapes led to a conviction in each year, broken down by borough.

Vernon Coaker: The statistics are not available in the form requested. Recorded rape statistics relate to offences and convictions data relate to offenders. In addition, recorded crime data are published on a financial year basis and conviction data are published on a calendar year basis. For these reasons, the two data sources are not directly comparable.
	Figures for the number of offences recorded and the number of convictions are provided in the following tables. Recorded crime data at borough level are available only from 2000-01.
	
		
			  Table 1: Recorded offences of rape by London borough 2000-01 and 2001-02 
			  Borough  2000-01  2001-02 
			 Barking and Dagenham 48 53 
			 Barnet 48 62 
			 Bexley 32 53 
			 Brent 119 105 
			 Bromley 48 62 
			 Camden 91 96 
			 City of Westminster 114 112 
			 Croydon 102 109 
			 Ealing 98 93 
			 Enfield 58 76 
			 Greenwich 80 94 
			 Hackney 103 108 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 66 57 
			 Haringey 95 118 
			 Harrow 34 38 
			 Havering 19 35 
			 Hillingdon 31 55 
			 Hounslow 48 71 
			 Islington 72 109 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 34 32 
			 Kingston upon Thames 27 37 
			 Lambeth 163 172 
			 Lewisham 105 115 
			 Merton 19 38 
			 Newham 115 93 
			 Redbridge 38 63 
			 Richmond upon Thames 28 24 
			 Southwark 115 129 
			 Sutton 20 22 
			 Tower Hamlets 78 76 
			 Waltham Forest 74 85 
			 Wandsworth 65 97 
			 Total 2,187 2,489 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2 : Recorded offences of rape by London borough 200 2-03  to 2005-06 
			  Borough  2002-03  2003-04  2004-05  2005-06 
			 Barking and Dagenham 70 56 74 66 
			 Barnet 60 84 84 70 
			 Bexley 43 31 48 36 
			 Brent 87 129 99 97 
			 Bromley 70 47 57 54 
			 Camden 71 52 68 67 
			 City of Westminster 131 119 113 102 
			 Croydon 99 72 90 113 
			 Ealing 107 96 77 101 
			 Enfield 91 83 74 72 
			 Greenwich 119 116 99 120 
			 Hackney 101 118 132 136 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 74 96 63 56 
			 Haringey 113 91 99 110 
			 Harrow 29 45 50 37 
			 Havering 32 51 30 49 
			 Hillingdon 57 58 52 45 
			 Hounslow 70 65 75 71 
			 Islington 135 97 93 76 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 43 42 36 42 
			 Kingston upon Thames 50 45 37 42 
			 Lambeth 166 126 146 139 
			 Lewisham 150 132 96 85 
			 Merton 44 39 45 39 
			 Newham 152 142 151 112 
			 Redbridge 69 54 72 46 
			 Richmond upon Thames 22 14 22 20 
			 Southwark 141 163 126 126 
			 Sutton 30 27 31 39 
			 Tower Hamlets 105 96 85 85 
			 Waltham Forest 87 87 55 84 
			 Wandsworth 109 96 64 61 
			 Total 2,727 2,569 2,443 2,398 
			  Note:  The National Crime Recording standard was introduced in April 2002. Figures for earlier years are therefore not directly comparable. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Number of defendants found guilty at all courts of rape, broken down by London Court Area, 1996 to 2005( 1,)( )( 2,)( )( 3) 
			   1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005 
			  City of London   
			 Guildhall Justice Rooms — — — — — — 1 — — — 
			
			  Inner London Courts   
			 Bow Street — 1 3 1 4 1 2 1 3 — 
			 Camberwell Green/Tower Bridge 16 8 7 15 12 11 11 16 12 14 
			 Greenwich and Woolwich 4 4 8 6 8 10 10 11 13 7 
			 Highbury Corner 11 8 9 3 7 5 5 9 19 10 
			 Horseferry Road 5 2 3 2 4 3 2 5 1 3 
			 Marylebone 1 2 3 2 3 3 — — — — 
			 South western 3 6 1 3 1 6 4 5 3 4 
			 Thames — 2 2 7 7 10 8 3 5 11 
			 West London 1 5 2 1 4 4 5 7 4 7 
			 Inner London Juvenile Courts — 9 3 — — — — — — — 
			 Total—Inner London 41 46 38 39 46 52 45 56 57 56 
			
			  Outer London   
			 Barking and Dagenham 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 2 8 2 
			 Barnet 1 3 3 4 1 4 3 4 2 1 
			 Bexley 3 — 3 — — 2 2 2 1 4 
			 Brent 3 5 5 2 6 2 6 1 2 9 
			 Bromley 2 — 2 — — — 2 2 1 5 
			 Croydon 5 2 3 6 — 4 7 5 6 8 
			 Ealing 3 6 7 6 4 3 2 2 6 — 
			 Enfield 1 3 2 1 1 4 1 10 4 2 
			 Haringey 6 1 5 7 5 3 5 6 3 5 
			 Harrow 2 1 3 — 3 1 3 2 1 2 
			 Havering — 1 1 1 — — — — 2 1 
			 Hillingdon — 2 2 — 3 — 1 4 2 1 
			 Hounslow 5 1 — 1 1 — 2 3 4 7 
			 Kingston-upon-Thames — — 1 — 1 1 4 1 2 3 
			 Merton 1 — — — 2 — 3 2 1 2 
			 Newham 6 7 5 — 4 1 8 15 2 4 
			 Redbridge 1 3 3 — 3 — 4 1 2 — 
			 Richmond upon Thames 2 — 1 — 1 — 3 1 2 2 
			 Sutton — 1 4 — — — — — 2 2 
			 Waltham Forest 4 4 2 2 5 4 5 5 7 3 
			 Total—Outer London 46 41 54 31 42 31 66 68 60 63 
			
			 Total 87 87 92 70 88 83 112 124 117 119 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis.  (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  (3) Rape includes rape of a female and rape of a male.

World War II: Education

Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent in supporting education on the Holocaust in  (a) schools and  (b) the community in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: I have been asked to reply.
	Data on expenditure by schools to support education on the Holocaust are not collected centrally. However a grant of £3 million, administered by the Department, has been made to subsidise the Holocaust Educational Trust's "Lessons from Auschwitz" programme between April 2006 and March 2008. The programme aims to achieve the participation of two post-16 students from every school and Sixth form college in visits to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Other Departments also fund activities relating to Holocaust education.

Biofuels

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will estimate the carbon savings resulting from the growing of biofuels on land which had previously been  (a) used to grow food crops and  (b) set aside or unused; and if he will make a statement.

Ian Pearson: The Government have funded a number of studies to consider environmental impacts and benefits of biofuels, including Life Cycle Assessments. Carbon savings vary depending on a number of factors including the crop used and the way it is cultivated, previous land use, the transport used and the processing and conversion process.
	A DEFRA-funded project is currently under way to develop a software tool to address the main environmental issues associated with bio-energy technologies. This will include a quantitative assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission savings by using a land use reference system which includes "set-aside" and "food cropland". The tool will be available later this year.
	The Government are also developing a comprehensive carbon and sustainability reporting scheme under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. This will require suppliers wishing to claim credits for their biofuels to provide information on the GHG saving and wider sustainability characteristics of those fuels. The GHG calculation methodology includes previous land use in addition to emissions from cultivation, transportation and processing and conversion.

Domestic Wastes: Norfolk

Henry Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 16 April 2007,  Official Report, columns 77-80W, on domestic waste, on what basis the borough council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk was included in the list.

Ben Bradshaw: holding answer 27 April 2007
	 In a recent survey commissioned by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the response received from King's Lynn and West Norfolk borough council indicated that the council operates an alternate week refuse and recycling service.
	However, on clarification, it appears the council misunderstood the use of the terms "alternate weekly collection".
	WRAP are currently reviewing their list of authorities providing an alternate weekly collection service and will be publishing an amended version shortly.

Fishing Vessels

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what share of total UK fishing quotas he allocated to the under-10 metre fleet in  (a) the UK and  (b) England in each year since 1997.

Ben Bradshaw: In 2006, 2 per cent. of the UK's opening quota was allocated to the 10 metre and under fleet. However, such an analysis is misleading because the total UK quota includes quota for stocks which are of no interest to inshore vessels, such as deep sea species and stocks fished in external waters. In addition, many of these vessels catch types of fish, such as crabs and scallops, which are not subject to quotas.
	Fishing opportunities for the 10 metre and under fleet are boosted by Fishing Administrations acquiring additional quota in-year for their use.
	Results for earlier years could be provided only at disproportionate costs.

Polytunnels: Planning Permission

Brian H Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on planning procedures for  (a) existing and  (b) new agricultural polytunnels; what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on such procedures; and if he will make a statement.

Barry Gardiner: While Communities and Local Government (CLG) has overall responsibility for planning policy in England, the interpretation of planning regulations is a matter for the local planning authority in the first instance.
	Polytunnels are important to the horticultural sector for helping growers to supply a wide range of high-quality produce over a full season. Crops, especially soft fruit such as strawberries, need to be protected and polytunnels provide an ideal, cost-effective solution. Growing fruit in polytunnels is in line with DEFRA's Strategy for Sustainable Farming and Food in that it meets demand for home grown fruit all the year round. However, extensive polytunnels can have a significant impact on the landscape and the local planning authority must consider each case on its merits.
	I have had no discussions with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the question of planning policy for polytunnels, but DEFRA and CLG officials work closely together on this issue.

River Don: Pollution

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  what measures have been implemented in order to prevent further overflow pollution similar to that experienced in 2006 in the River Don;
	(2)  what the most recent assessment is of the water quality of the River Don in the area which was affected by the overflow pollution in 2006.

Ian Pearson: The Environment Agency (EA) has been working with Yorkshire Water to agree changes to operations at Blackburn Meadows Sewage Treatment Works (Sheffield), within the terms of its permit. Improved maintenance and changes to procedure should improve the ability of the sewage works to deal with future storm events.
	A study is under way into the main storm overflow from Aldwarke Sewage Treatment Works (Rotherham). Any improvements the study identifies will be completed by March 2010.
	The EA is starting discussions with Yorkshire Water to agree a study into the impact of the combined storm overflows from the middle section of the River Don from Sheffield through Rotherham to Doncaster. The study will establish in detail what happens when summer storms occur and what can be done to improve the infrastructure in the future. In the EA's Periodic Review submission to the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) it will recommend that this study be carried out.
	The Environment Agency's preliminary assessment of 2006 chemical water quality data shows that the River Don between Blackburn Meadows Sewage Works and Rotherham Centre (2.5 km) has deteriorated from "fairly good quality" to "fair quality" since 2005. While the river has deteriorated slightly in quality, it has not failed the long-term water quality objective set for the river.
	The River Don below Blackburn Meadows Sewage Works failed the Freshwater Fisheries Directive in 2005 and has, provisionally, failed in 2006. It is believed that the sewage treatment works caused this failure. Consequently, the EA is also recommending to Ofwat that a detailed study concerning this failure be carried out.

Telephone Use: Mrs. Beckett

Oliver Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost to public funds was of the telephone use of the right hon. Member for Derby, South from her official residence in Admiralty House in  (a) 2004-05 and  (b) 2005-06.

Barry Gardiner: Costs incurred by Ministers in the course of official business are borne by the department. The cost to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for telephone services in Admiralty House for my right hon. Friend the Member for Derby, South (Margaret Beckett) between March 2004 and February 2006 was £1,412.51. The bulk of these costs were for the service charges associated with the telephone services provided.

Television: Carbon Emissions

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the effect on carbon dioxide emissions of plasma television screens.

Ian Pearson: The Government's Market Transformation Programme (MTP) estimates that in 2005 63 million television (TV) sets were being used in UK homes. Approximately 90 per cent. of these were the traditional cathode ray tube (CRT) type and approximately 10 per cent. were flat screen plasma or LCD types. By 2010, we estimate that the total number of TVs will rise to around 67 million sets, of which approximately 50 per cent. will be CRTs, and approximately 40 per cent. LCD and plasma. The remaining 10 per cent. will be made up of rear-projection and yet-to-emerge technologies such as organic light-emitting diode and field-emission diode screens.
	Our assessment, based on current trends, is that the energy consumed by all TVs could increase from around 10 Terra Watt Hours (TWh) of electricity (roughly 1.1 million tonnes of carbon) in 2005 to over 15 TWh of electricity (1.7 million tonnes of carbon) in 2010. Most of this potential increase in emissions is accounted for by a predicted significant rise in the average electricity consumption of each unit. This will be caused by the trend for consumers purchasing TVs with larger screens, including both plasma and LCD technologies, replacing their older and smaller CRT models, and a small increase in the total TV viewing hours and standby usage by households.
	However, we believe there is a potential, through actions by manufacturers and retailers to bring forward and to promote TVs that are more energy efficient, so that the projected 2010 electricity consumption can be reduced by around 10 per cent.
	The issue of increasing emissions from new generation television sets and the potential impact of emerging technologies was assessed in a report published for DEFRA in June 2005, entitled "An Assessment of Emerging Innovative Energy Efficient Technologies as part of the Energy Efficiency Innovation Review".

Waste Management

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the job title is of each staff position in  (a) the Waste Management Division and  (b) the Waste Strategy Division within his Department.

Barry Gardiner: Job titles for staff in DEFRA's Waste Management and Strategy Divisions are as follows:
	 Waste Management Division
	SCS Deputy Director, Head of Waste Management Division
	Personal Secretary to the Head of Division
	Grade 7 Head of Waste Management Licensing Unit
	2 HEO Policy advisers
	EO Policy adviser
	AO Administrator
	Grade 7 Head of Fly-tipping Strategy Unit
	SEO Policy adviser
	2 HEO Policy advisers
	EO Policy adviser
	AO Administrator
	Seconded Policy adviser
	Grade 7 Head of Hazardous Waste Unit
	SEO Policy adviser (post vacant)
	2 HEO Policy advisers
	2 EO Policy advisers
	AO Administrator
	Seconded Policy adviser
	Grade 7 Head of Producer Responsibility Unit
	4 HEO Policy advisers
	2 EO Policy advisers
	AO Administrator
	Grade 7 Head of Waste Framework Directive Unit
	2 HEO Policy advisers (1 post vacant)
	EO Policy adviser
	Grade 7 Head of Permitting Development Unit
	HEO Policy adviser
	 Waste Strategy Division
	SCS Head of Waste Strategy Division
	Personal Secretary to Head of Division
	G7 Team leader of Waste Policy and Processes Branch
	3 HEO Policy advisers
	2 EO Policy advisers
	Grade 6 Team Leader of Waste Strategy review Branch
	SEO Project Manager and Policy adviser
	HEO Policy adviser
	2 EO Policy advisers
	Grade 7 Head of Local Authority Waste Funding and Governance Branch
	2 SEO Policy advisers
	HEO (D) Policy adviser
	EO Policy adviser
	AO Administrator
	Grade 7 Head of Waste Evidence Branch
	SPTO, Senior Waste Technical Officer
	HEO Programme Officer (Vacant)
	EO Project Officer (Vacant)
	AO Administrator (shared between Waste Evidence Branch and Waste
	Resources Branch)
	Grade 7, Head of Waste and Resources Branch
	HEO (D), Policy adviser
	HEO Policy adviser
	EO Policy adviser
	Grade 7 Team Leader and Policy adviser, Local Authority Waste Performance
	Branch
	2 HEO Policy advisers
	3 EO Policy advisers

Waste Management

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many scientists are employed by the  (a) Waste Management Division and  (b) Waste Strategy Division within his Department.

Barry Gardiner: Official scientific capacity in these divisions resides in DEFRA's Waste Evidence Branch (formerly the Waste Research Team).
	There are two scientists in this team:
	(i) the Head of Branch, a Grade 7, a Chartered Environmentalist and Waste Management Professional who holds a joint Honours BSc in Chemistry and Applied Zoology
	(ii) the Senior Waste Technical Officer, a Senior Professional Technical Officer (SPTO), who holds a Master's in Geography focusing on environment.
	DEFRA is also supported on waste-related scientific and technical issues by the Environment Agency.

Cancer: Drugs

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment has been carried out by his Department of the effectiveness of Sutent in treating cancer; and if he will make a statement.

Paul Goggins: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has responsibility for assessment of the cost and clinical effectiveness of new cancer drugs such as Sutent. In July 2006, the Department established a formal link with NICE (on behalf of the HPSS) under which NICE guidance is reviewed for its applicability to Northern Ireland and, where deemed to be applicable, is endorsed by the Department for implementation in the HPSS. Sutent has not yet been referred to NICE for assessment.
	The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has however assessed this drug and has not recommended its use in the NHS in Scotland. In the absence of an assessment by MCE, local commissioners will be informed by the SMC's guidance when assessing priorities for the use of specialist drugs moneys in Northern Ireland. In this context, therefore, the Department would not expect Sutent to be widely available for patients in Northern Ireland until further evidence of the clinical and cost effectiveness of the drug is available.

Departments: Official Hospitality

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on hospitality by  (a) each department in Northern Ireland and  (b) his Department in financial year 2006-07.

David Hanson: The following table shows the amount spent on hospitality by each department in Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Office in the financial year 2006-07.
	
		
			  Department  Amount spent on hospitality 2006-07 (£) 
			 DARD 60,618 
			 DCAL 26,590.64 
			 DE 43,983.43 
			 DEL 29,819 
			 DETI 22,664.81 
			 DOE 11,615.03 
			 DFP 140,041 
			 DHSSPS 161,813 
			 DRD 16,596.14 
			 DSD 25,187 
			 OFMDFM 78,523 
			 NIO 404,476 
		
	
	These figures are based on provisional outturn and are therefore subject to change. They relate to expenditure on hospitality and entertainment provided but in the case of DE, DFP and DSD it has not been possible, without incurring disproportionate costs, to completely separate out other associated costs such as room hire.
	Expenditure incurred on hospitality by the NIO includes accommodation and hospitality for members of the royal family, visiting dignitaries and Heads of State, and also hospitality for the representatives of business, voluntary and community sectors in Northern Ireland attending the annual garden party at Hillsborough Castle.

Doctors: Training

Nigel Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the ratio of speciality training to fixed term speciality training appointments is by speciality in Northern Ireland.

Paul Goggins: The current ratio of speciality training posts to fixed term speciality training posts is set out in the following table. These figures will be subject to further change through the reallocation of 20 fixed term speciality training posts to GP training posts.
	
		
			  Speciality  Speciality training posts  Fixed term speciality training posts  Ratio 
			 Acute care 26 22 1:1.18 
			 Anaesthetics 22 0 — 
			 General Practice 67 0 — 
			 General Medicine 98 67 1:1.46 
			 Obs and Gynae 22 27 0.8:1 
			 Ophthalmology 7 2 3.5:1 
			 Oral and Maxillo-facial surgery 1 0 — 
			 Paediatrics 40 18 2.22:1 
			 Pathology 6 0 — 
			 Psychiatry in General 45 26 1:1.73 
			 Radiology 6 0 — 
			 Surgery 43 68 1.58:1 
			 Neurosurgery 3 1 1:0.33 
			 Total 386 231 1:1.67

Health Professions: Training

Nigel Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost has been of the generic skills study days organised by the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency.

Paul Goggins: The cost of the generic skills study days came to £68,610, which was met within existing NIMDTA resources.

Health Professions: Training

Nigel Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many speciality training posts at  (a) first,  (b) second and  (c) third year he expects to be available by speciality in each Northern Ireland hospital in August.

Paul Goggins: The information requested is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Speciality  ST1  ST2  ST3  ST4  Speciality training posts 
			 Acute care 12 8 6 — 26 
			 Anaesthetics 9 0 13 — 22 
			 General practice 55 5 7 — 67 
			 General medicine 32 29 37 — 98 
			 Obs and gynae 8 8 6 — 22 
			 Ophthalmology 1 2 4 — 7 
			 Oral and maxillo-facial surgery 1 — — — 1 
			 Paediatrics 10 10 10 10 40 
			 Pathology 6 — — — 6 
			 Psychiatry in general 12 12 12 9 45 
			 Radiology 6 — — — 6 
			 Surgery 12 13 18 — 43 
			 Neurosurgery 1 — — 2 3 
			 Total 165 87 113 21 386

Health Professions: Training

Nigel Dodds: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many fixed term speciality training appointments at  (a) first,  (b) second and  (c) third year he expects to be available, by speciality, in each Northern Ireland hospital in August.

Paul Goggins: The information requested is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Speciality  ST1  ST2  ST3  Fixed term speciality training posts 
			 Acute care 10 12 — 22 
			 Anaesthetics — — — 0 
			 General practice — — — 0 
			 General medicine 31 36 — 67 
			 Obs and gynae 14 13 — 27 
			 Ophthalmology — 2 — 2 
			 Oral and maxillo-facial surgery — — — 0 
			 Paediatrics 4 6 8 18 
			 Pathology — — — 0 
			 Psychiatry in general 7 9 10 26 
			 Radiology — — — 0 
			 Surgery 19 49 — 68 
			 Neurosurgery — 1 — 1 
			 Total 85 128 18 231

Sportsgrounds: Lisburn

Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on the Maze stadium project to date; how much has been spent on  (a) scoping,  (b) feasibility and  (c) promotion of the Maze stadium project; how much will be spent in total on site clearance; which Departments approved this expenditure; and whether such expenditure came from within existing departmental expenditure limits.

David Hanson: To date Government and the Strategic Investment Board (SIB) have spent £916,855.38 on the proposed multi-sports stadium project at the Maze/Long Kesh. These costs include £124,727.53 on business planning which incorporate both  (a) scoping and  (b)feasibility. From 2004 to the end of this financial year, the Office of First and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) will have spent some £2.9 million on site clearance, demolition, and decontamination to prepare the Maze/Long Kesh regeneration site for redevelopment. No costs have been incurred on promotion of the stadium. These expenditures were approved by the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure (DCAL) and OFMDFM and are within their existing departmental expenditure limits.

Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal

Daniel Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from non-governmental organisations on individual producer responsibility and the transposition of article 8.2 of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.

Malcolm Wicks: holding answer 27 April 2007
	 The DTI's consultation in July 2006 prompted 15 responses from non-government organisations on the issue of producer responsibility and Individual producer responsibility.
	The Government are committed to the principles of Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR) and will continue to work with producers of EEE to establish a workable and cost effective process for IPR in the UK.
	The Government will also be considering how IPR is being addressed by other member states as part of the review of the WEEE Directive by the European Commission due to begin in 2008.

Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal

Daniel Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on the implementation of article 8.2 of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.

Malcolm Wicks: holding answer 27 April 2007
	 DTI representatives have discussed article 8.2 of the WEEE Directive which introduces individual producer responsibility with the EU on several occasions as part of the UK's implementation process.
	DTI officials will continue to address this issue with the Commission and other member states as part of the review of the Directive scheduled to begin in 2008.

Low Carbon Buildings Scheme

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much money has been  (a) allocated for grants and  (b) disbursed by the Low Carbon Buildings Scheme in each month since the scheme began.

Malcolm Wicks: holding answer 16 April 2007
	The information is as follows:
	
		
			  £ 
			  Month  Allocated  Disbursed 
			  2006   
			 May 118,609.94 0 
			 June 400,809.37 1,600.00 
			 July 796,790.76 4,000.00 
			 August 617,351.89 82,205.44 
			 September 693,352.60 81,379.50 
			 October 1,227,293.12 243,359.07 
			 November 1,227,385.73 298,575.68 
			 December 490,893.77 302,001.19 
			  2007   
			 January 493,267.92 390,058.92 
			 February 464,699.72 551,966.42 
			 March 647,304.95 594,249.85

Pregnant Women: Discrimination

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2007,  Official Report, column 1317W, on pregnant women: discrimination, if he will place in the Vote Office copies of the Maternity and Paternity Rights and Benefits in Britain Survey 2005; how members of the public may obtain copies; at what cost; how much it cost his Department to produce the report; what follow up his Department plans to make on the report; how many officials were employed in drafting the report, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department does not intend to place the report in the Vote Office, however it will arrange for a copy to be lodged in the Libraries of the House. The Maternity and Paternity Rights and Benefits in Britain: Survey of Parents 2005 is publicly available on the Department of Trade and Industry's website. The direct link to the report is: http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file27446.pdf and the link to the Employment Relations Research Series, in which this publication is number 50, is http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/research-evalution/errs/. Hard copies of the report are available, free of charge, from the Department's publications order-line—0845 015 0010 and quoting the Unique Reference Number (URN) 06/836.
	The cost of conducting the survey was shared with the Department for Work and Pensions. The contribution made by the Department of Trade and Industry for conducting the survey, analysis and to produce the report was approximately £150,000. The Department will consider commissioning a follow-up survey in future years to assess the impact of recent legislative change on maternity and paternity rights. The survey report was drafted by Deborah Smeaton and Alan Marsh of the Policy Studies Institute, an independent research institute which was commissioned by the Department. No officials were employed in the drafting of the report.

Thorp

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the safety implications associated with the re-opening of the Thorp reprocessing plant; and if he will make a statement.

Malcolm Wicks: holding answer 16 April 2007
	 The Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Installations Inspectorate issued a Consent on 9 January 2007 to allow the THORP plant to reopen—satisfied that the site licensee had done all work necessary to ensure THORP could be restarted safely. The precise date to restart reprocessing fuel at THORP is a matter for the licensee—Sellafield Ltd. in discussion with the site owner the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Courts: Manpower

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what estimate she has made of the turnover of staff in the court system in each of the last three years.

Harriet Harman: The turnover rate for staff in Her Majesty's courts service for the last two years is as follows:
	1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006—9 per cent.
	1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007—9 per cent.
	In the year prior to April 2005 the turnover rate for the court service excluding magistrates courts was:
	1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005—5 per cent.
	There are no centrally held figures for the magistrates prior to the creation of HMCS. The 42 Magistrates Committees maintained their own HR records. The cost of obtaining figures prior to April 2005 can be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.

Fines: Compensation

Philip Davies: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what discretion magistrates have in implementing the victims' surcharge when the sentence is a fine.

Harriet Harman: Magistrates have no discretion in implementing the victims' surcharge when the sentence is a fine. They have a duty under section 161A(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to impose a surcharge. By virtue of the Surcharge Order it must be imposed in all cases where the sentence is a fine, whether or not any other penalty is imposed.

Fines: Compensation

Philip Davies: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs who is responsible for  (a) notification and  (b) collection of the victims' surcharge; what estimate has been made of the cost of collecting each victims' surcharge; what funds have been allocated for the collection of the surcharge; and to which budget they have been allocated.

Harriet Harman: The court which imposes the victims' surcharge is responsible for notification of the surcharge. Collecting the surcharge is the responsibility of the magistrates court, in the same way that they currently collect other financial impositions. As the courts are using existing systems, process and legislation (fines collection scheme) and the victims' surcharge is being treated in the same way as a fine for the purposes of enforcement, there are no additional implementation costs for this Department.

Fines: Compensation

Philip Davies: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what representations she has received on the victims' surcharge since its introduction.

Harriet Harman: The Department has passed any representations received on the victims' surcharge to the Home Office to respond to as they have lead policy responsibility for the issue. We do not keep a log of representations passed on this way.

Fines: Compensation

Philip Davies: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what discussions her Department had with  (a) magistrates and  (b) court clerks before the introduction of the victims' surcharge; and if she will make a statement.

Harriet Harman: The Department consulted with the Magistrates' Association and Justices' Clerks' Society on the implementation of the victims' surcharge. The surcharge was discussed by the DCA's Criminal Enforcement Policy Advisory Group where the Justices' Clerks' Society and Magistrates' Association were represented. Both organisations went on to jointly produce guidance for justices' clerks and magistrates on the application of the surcharge.

Members: Correspondence

John Baron: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2006,  Official Report, column 342W, on the community legal service, when she expects to provide a substantive reply to the Question; and what the reason is for the delay.

Vera Baird: My reply to the hon. Member on 27 November 2006,  Official Report, column 342W, referred him to the list of highest paid barristers receiving fees out of the Community Legal Service during 2004-05. These were the latest figures available at the time the hon. Member tabled his question.
	Equivalent information for 2005-06 has now been verified with the barristers concerned and this will appear on my Department's website shortly. I will notify the hon. Member once it has been made available.

Opinion Leader Research

Mark Francois: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what payments her Department has made to  (a) Opinion Leader Research and  (b) Deborah Mattinson in each year since 1997.

Vera Baird: The Department has only made payments to Opinion Leader Research and are detailed as follows:
	
		
			   £ 
			 1997 to 2004-05 0 
			 2005-06 76,316 
			 2006-07 77,154

Vetting

Andrew Pelling: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the average cost is of carrying out a Criminal Records Bureau check.

Harriet Harman: My Department pays fees to the Criminal Records Bureau which carries out the checks. These are currently £31 for a standard disclosure and £36 for an enhanced disclosure. The additional cost of processing checks within my Department is not kept centrally and is available only at disproportionate cost.

Climate Change

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent discussions he has had with international counterparts on climate change.

John Prescott: I have just returned from China where my meetings with Premier Wen and State Councillor Tang included discussion on the importance of international co-operation on climate change. I also presented a proposal for Sino-UK collaboration in creating sustainable cities, launched phase II of the UK-China Sustainable Development Dialogue and delivered three keynote speeches on sustainability and climate change to international audiences.
	Earlier in April, I launched the British Embassy / British Council climate change campaign "Opportunity through Action" in Prague with keynote speeches at a dinner debate and a youth conference. I engaged Czech Prime Minister Topolanek, and Deputy Prime Ministers Bursik and Vondra on the subject of climate change during separate bilateral meetings and later that week I discussed similar issues with Maltese Prime Minister Gonzi and President Adami.

Armed Forces: Footwear

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the lifetime of footwear issued to members of the armed forces; how often new footwear is issued to members of the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.

Adam Ingram: The life expectancy of footwear varies between each type depending on use and conditions. In broad terms the expectation is: Combat Boots should last between one and five years (although Jungle Boots and Desert Boots may only have a life of six weeks or six months respectively); Parade/Ceremonial Boots are repairable and can last from one to five years plus; Safety Footwear six months to two years.
	When boots are no longer serviceable or there has been a change in the users' needs, replacement boots can be obtained or requested from the Unit Quartermasters both in the UK and overseas.

Armed Forces: Footwear

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the monthly expenditure on footwear for members of the armed forces was in  (a) 1999 and  (b) 2006; and if he will make a statement.

Adam Ingram: holding answer 24 April 2007
	The current five-year enabling arrangement for supplying footwear to the armed forces was awarded in 2004. The estimated value of the contract is between £8 million and £9 million per year.
	The information prior to 2004 is not held centrally and could be provided at only disproportionate cost.

Armed Forces: Health Services

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what ring-fenced capacity in each speciality his Department requested from the Department of Health in each year since 2001; and what the cost of this capacity was.

Derek Twigg: There is no 'ring fenced' capacity but the MOD has negotiated accelerated access to hospital assessment and treatment from the five Ministry of Defence Hospital Units (MDHU) host trusts and the University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust (UHBFT). The cost of this delivery in 2006-07 was just under £30 million.
	The historic figures for the MDHU spend on accelerated access are as follows:
	
		
			   £ million 
			 2001-02 22.4 
			 2002-03 23.7 
			 2003-04 25.1 
			 2004-05 26.8 
			 2005-06 27.5 
			 2006-07 29.8 
		
	
	Furthermore, MOD and the Department of Health have agreed an integrated plan for reception arrangements for military patients (RAMP), to manage the reception of injured military personnel in NHS hospitals. This covers the reporting of patients, their medical reception, movement, tracking, care and administration within the NHS.
	The military managed ward (MMW) located in the orthopaedic/trauma ward in Selly Oak hospital (part of UHBFT) provides clinical care, by a combined team of military and civilian personnel, for military patients whose clinical condition allows for them to be nursed in this ward.

Armed Forces: Health Services

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilian medical personnel assisted in the provision of medical support on military operations overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by operation.

Derek Twigg: The number of individual civilian medical personnel who have been employed on operations overseas in each calendar year is shown in the following table:
	
		
			   Operation: 
			   Oculus—Balkans  Telic—Iraq 
			 2001 — — 
			 2002 — — 
			 2003 1 — 
			 2004 4 6 
			 2005 1 11 
			 2006 — 21

Armed Forces: Pensions

Peter Viggers: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will take steps to implement the proposal in Early Day Motion 67 that all ex-servicemen and women should be treated equally in the payment of pensions regardless of when they served in Her Majesty's armed forces.

Derek Twigg: The situation remains as set out by my right hon. Friend, the Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. Ingram) on 31 January 2007,  Official Report, columns 337-40, during the adjournment debate secured by my hon. Friend the Member for Morley and Rothwell (Mr. Challen).

Defence and Communications Services Agency

Henry Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason the technical apprenticeships programme in the Defence and Communication Services Agency was wound down; and if he will make a statement.

Derek Twigg: The DEandS Information Systems and Services—formerly the Defence Communications Services Agency—has run a three-year modern technical apprenticeship scheme since 2003. The scheme, which is delivered at HMS Collingwood in Hampshire, is designed to equip those successfully completing it with the skills and attributes required of the organisation's future technical managers. This scheme continues.
	Once HMS Collingwood was established, the previous legacy schemes run at Royal Air Force Henlow in Bedfordshire and at Highbury college, Portsmouth, which the Agency acquired in 2000, were discontinued in 2005 as they no longer provided the training and development necessary for technical staff working increasingly closely with commercial delivery partners.

Departments: Money

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much cash was physically lost by his Department in each of the last 10 financial years for which information is available.

Adam Ingram: The amount of cash and cash equivalents (e.g. bank notes, postal orders, stamps and travel warrants) physically lost by the Department within the last three years is:
	
		
			   £ 
			 2003-04 93,074.51 
			 2004-05 7,438.06 
			 2005-06 154,683.27 
		
	
	Information on cash losses prior to 2003-04 is not held centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Electoral Commission

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer by the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, of 27 November 2006,  Official Report, columns 261-62W, on annual canvass: armed forces, if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of the evaluation of the campaign.

Derek Twigg: Evaluation of the survey carried out to monitor registration levels and awareness among service personnel is not yet complete. I will place a copy of the report in the Library of the House when it becomes available.

Service Accommodation

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 1 February 2006,  Official Report, columns 512-13W, on service accommodation, for what reason single living accommodation is not assessed for standard for condition.

Derek Twigg: When single living accommodation (SLA) is assessed in respect of its grade for charge the process specifically includes an assessment of the physical condition of the property; along with other aspects including, scale, environment and location.
	Currently, this information is not assembled centrally into "standard for condition" statistics in the same way as for service family accommodation. The Department is, however, looking at the scope for grading all accommodation on a common basis in the future.

Sudan: Peace Keeping Operations

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans the Government has to contribute  (a) personnel,  (b) hardware and  (c) finances to the hybrid force proposed for Darfur.

Adam Ingram: Discussions between the UN and African Union (AU) on a hybrid force for Darfur continue. The peacekeeping force is expected to be funded by UN assessed contributions, but the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has not yet issued a list of requirements for personnel and equipment. The UK contributes 7.8 per cent. of the UN assessed peacekeeping budget worldwide.
	The UK fully supports the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in its peacekeeping role in Darfur. DPKO has undertaken extensive planning for support to AMIS, with one UK military planner deployed to New York to assist. At UN request, MOD has provided two further officers to fill key appointments in the first (light support package) phase of UN deployments. They are now in Sudan. The UK is also considering a UN request to send another officer to DPKO to assist with preparations for the AU-UN hybrid force.
	The Department will consider what further support can be provided when the plans for the hybrid force-are mature.

Building Schools for the Future Programme: Leicestershire

Andy Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding his Department plans to allocate to Leicestershire local education authority for the Building Schools for the Future programme.

Jim Knight: Leicestershire local authority has four Building Schools for the Future (BSF) projects, which have been provisionally prioritised for waves 10-12 and waves 13-15 of the programme. Funding for projects in these waves has not yet been allocated.
	Leicestershire currently has a phase one 'one-school-pathfinder' project concerning King Edward VII School, which has been allocated £26 million of capital funding.
	72 local authorities with 87 projects are included in BSF waves one to six. A further 40 authorities are receiving a single-school project. Together with academies, a total of about 1,000 secondary schools are in line for modernisation.

Children's Centres: Warrington

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much capital has been  (a) spent and  (b) allocated for future years for the development of children's centres in Warrington.

Beverley Hughes: For the period 2004-06, £961,633 capital was made available to Warrington for the delivery of Sure Start services.
	The General Sure Start Grant (GSSG) made available £3,185,235 capital for the period 2006-08 for the delivery of Sure Start children's services.
	The CSR settlement gives us an overall spending envelope for 2008-11 which will enable us to deliver our key priorities for children, young people and learners. A specific capital allocation for Warrington will be made later in the year.

City Academies: Consultants

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many project consultants have been engaged by  (a) his Department and  (b) associated bodies in the Academy Scheme; by what process consultants are appointed for the Scheme; and how much the Department has spent on such consultants.

Jim Knight: The Academies programme requires a wide range of skills including some which are outside the core civil service skills. Since the Academies programme began in December 2000 the Department for Education and Skills has spent £20,161,977 on a range of consultancy services for the Academies programme. The Department currently has 46 separate contracts for the provision of consultancy services to the Academies programme including:
	an ongoing independent evaluation of the programme;
	programme management expertise;
	school improvement and intervention;
	background checks to determine the suitability of potential sponsors,
	legal advice, construction procurement expertise
	Each Academy project also has an overall project manager who is initially contracted to the Department but whose contract transfers to the individual Academy Trust once the funding agreement is signed. The total cost of these project management services from the start of the programme is £28,338,823. There are now 47 open academies and 90 in the pipeline.
	Consultancy services are procured for the Academies programme in accordance with the Departmental Procurement Policy and the EU Procurement Directives.

Curriculum

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills on what evidential basis the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority adopted the approach to the curriculum outlined in the National Curriculum planning guidance and draft supporting materials.

Jim Knight: The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's (QCA) approach to the curriculum outlined in the National Curriculum planning guidance and supporting materials is built on evidence from ongoing work with schools and colleges. The 'futures in action' programme, which has been running since 2005, has continued to demonstrate a high degree of consensus about many of the characteristics of how the curriculum should be shaped. QCA's work is also supported by the results of its annual curriculum monitoring programme which includes interviews and questionnaires with head teachers, deputy heads, teachers and pupils.

Diplomas for England

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to train teachers to deliver the new Diplomas for England programme; and how much is being spent on such training.

Jim Knight: The Department has already put in place a broad programme of support to ensure that those teaching the Diplomas—as well as those who will be leading and supporting the changes—will be well equipped to do so. The Department is working in partnership with the Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL), Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK), the National Assessment Agency (NAA), the National College for School Leadership (NCSL), the Quality Improvement Agency (QIA), the Secondary National Strategies (SNS), the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT), and the Training and Development Agency (TDA).
	Building on the existing skills of the education workforce, the programme provided by QIA and SSAT includes three days of continuing professional development spread through the 2007/08 academic year for leading Diploma practitioners from each consortium of schools and colleges that will teach Diplomas from 2008. Online materials, a training needs analysis tool, an online community and other resources will supplement this training and encourage collaboration between Diploma-teaching institutions. In future some initial teacher training placements will also be tailored specifically to Diploma teaching.
	In the financial year 2007-08 my Department has allocated a total of £45 million for the support of the 14 to 19 workforce development programmes.

Education: Leicestershire

Andy Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what capital funding he made available to Leicestershire county council in each financial year since 1996-97.

Jim Knight: Schools capital funding allocated to Leicestershire county council, including direct to schools in its area, in each financial year since 1996-97 is set out in the following table:
	
		
			   £ million 
			 1996-97 3.6 
			 1997-98 2.9 
			 1998-99 6.5 
			 1999-2000 9.2 
			 2000-01 21.0 
			 2001-02 15.8 
			 2002-03 25.4 
			 2003-04 27.6 
			 2004-05 33.8 
			 2005-06 35.7 
			 2006-07 41.0

Education: Warrington

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total amount of capital spending on education in Warrington was in each year since 1997.

Jim Knight: Schools capital funding allocated to Warrington, including direct to schools in its area, in each financial year since it achieved unitary status in 1998, is set out in the following table.
	
		
			   Amount (£ million) 
			 1998-99 3.7 
			 1999-2000 4.7 
			 2000-01 8.7 
			 2001-02 9.0 
			 2002-03 10.0 
			 2003-04 8.8 
			 2004-05 8.0 
			 2005-06 9.8 
			 2006-07 12.1

Martial Arts: Schools

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his Department's expenditure on promoting martial arts in schools was in each year since 1997.

Jim Knight: Funding is not allocated on an individual activity or sport basis. In the five years to 2008, the Government have invested an additional £978 million in PE and school sport through the national school sport strategy. Where there is a perceived need, schools and school sport partnerships will allocate resources to martial arts locally.
	The percentage of schools in a school sport partnership offering martial arts has risen from 4 per cent. in 2003/04 to 9 per cent . in 2005/06.

Parenting Support

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps are being taken to assist local authorities in providing parenting support.

Parmjit Dhanda: holding answer 26 April 2007
	Local authorities are central to our ambitions to deliver additional support to parents and we will continue to support and collaborate with them.
	On 15 March 2007, we published, "Every Parent Matters", which describes the Government's commitment to support the development of a wide range of services for parents to access, as and when they need it. It makes clear that local authorities will be at the heart of planning and delivering these services locally.
	In October 2006 we published "Parenting Support", guidance for local authorities which describes the approach needed to develop a local strategy to provide a continuum of support for all parents. At the same time we launched the Commissioner's Toolkit, a database of parenting programmes including information on what research suggests about the effectiveness of current interventions. This toolkit is designed to equip commissioners to make decisions which better suit the needs of parents in their community. Over 2006-08 local authorities will receive the £7.5 million Parenting Support Strategy Grant. Its purpose is to assist local authorities in developing and implementing a strategic approach to parenting support, and build upon strategic approaches already in place.
	We have spent over £2.1 billion establishing and sustaining Sure Start Local Programmes and Children's Centres, since 1999, initially in some of our most disadvantaged areas. Currently there are 1,258 children's centres, providing a range of high quality early learning, health and parental support to a million young children under five and their families. There will be 2,500 centres by 2008, and 3,500 by 2010, one for every community. Additionally, we are establishing extended services for pupils, families and the wider community in all schools across the country. The extended schools core offer includes services providing parenting support, and over 4,500 schools are now delivering the offer. All schools will do so by 2010.
	A number of pilots have been developed with local authorities to deliver new ways of supporting parents. The learning from many of these pilots will inform the further roll out of extended schools and Sure Start Children's Centres. For example, Early Learning Partnerships are running in 19 local authorities; targeting hard to reach families and promoting their engagement in early learning for children aged one to three years. Transition information sessions will be run in 20 local authorities by autumn 2007, preparing parents of children in reception and year seven to cope with the wide range of possible challenges that their children may face. Parent Support Advisers are providing a preventative school based role to support parents in 977 schools in 20 local authorities, and we will look to spread practice widely through extended schools. 15 local authorities have been selected to receive a share of £5 million per annum for 2006-07 and 2007-08 to deliver Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinders—testing different parenting programmes for the families of eight to 13-year-olds at risk of antisocial behaviour. We are investing £10 million per annum to develop the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners. The academy will have a key role in improving practice, training and support for the parenting workforce.

Pre-school Education: Expenditure

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what total amount was spent on  (a) pre-school education and  (b) school nursery education in each of the last 20 years, at today's prices.

Jim Knight: holding answer 23 April 2007
	The available information is contained within the following table which shows central and local government expenditure on under fives. Separate figures for pre-school education and school nursery education are not available. Capital expenditure is not included in these figures.
	
		
			   Expenditure 
			 1989-90 1,347 
			 1990-91 1,473 
			 1991-92 1,620 
			 1992-93 1,749 
			 1993-94 1,843 
			 1994-95 1,944 
			 1995-96 1,965 
			 1996-97 2,005 
			 1997-98 2,114 
			 1998-99 2,157 
			   
			 1999-2000 2,399 
			 2000-01 2,683 
			 2001-02 3,232 
			   
			 2002-03 3,291 
			 2003-04 3,657 
			 2004-05(1) 3,920 
			 2005-06(2) 4,010 
			 (1) Provisional. (2) Estimated.  Notes: 1. Figures within Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL). Excludes DfES administration costs and expenditure on other areas than education, for instance on children and families and on skills. Figures for 1998-99 onwards are resource-based. Central government figures for 1995-96 to 1997-98 are cash-based. 2. Differences between the totals above and the figures for Under 5's education spending in HM Treasury's PESA Report are the result of  (a) data coverage: the exclusion of AME items in the above table,  (b) definitional differences: Departmental administration costs and Ofsted spending on education are both classified as education spending under UN Classification of Functions of Government (COFOG) international definitions—the above table excludes these,  (c) classifications made since Budget 2006 of Connexions spending to social protection and Adult Education spend to training in line with UN COFOG definitions,  (d) further minor data coverage and timing differences. 3. The recurrent local authority figures in this table are drawn from the Local Authority Expenditure table (Table 8.3 of the 2006 Departmental Report); the footnotes to that table set out the underlying data sources. The blank rows denote the changes from the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions education Revenue Outturn return (the 'RO1') to Section 52 Outturn Statements in 1999-2000 and arising from the review of the Section 52 categories in 2002-03 following the introduction of Consistent Financial Reporting to schools. 4. All figures have been converted to 2005-06 price levels using the 27 September 2006 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) deflators. 5. Central Government funding on grant-maintained schools has been apportioned to under-fives using pupil numbers. 6. Figures from 2003-04 onwards reflect the transfer of responsibility from the Department to LEAs of costs relating to teachers' pensions. 7. Under five figures include education expenditure on Sure Start (Sure Start figures exclude current grant). 8. Sources of the figures in the table are as follows: 1997-98 to 2005-06 from the Education Select Committee table, 1995-96 to 1996-97 from the November 2005 Education Bulletin, 1993-94 to 1994-95 from the November 2004 Bulletin, 1989-90 to 1992-93 from the Departmental Reports.

School Exclusions

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many  (a) children,  (b) children with special educational needs but no statement and  (c) children with statemented special educational needs were permanently excluded (i) from mainstream schools, (ii) from special schools, (iii) while on a dual placement scheme, (iv) while on a school action plan, (v) while on early years action plan, (vi) while on school action plus, (vii) while on early years action plus and (viii) while attending a pupil referral unit in each year from 1997 to 2006.

Parmjit Dhanda: holding answer 30 January 2007
	The available information relating to permanent exclusions from maintained primary, secondary and all special schools is given in the table.
	There are quality issues with data on permanent exclusions from maintained primary, secondary and special schools. A significant number of schools are known to have under-reported the situation. The Department has carried out checking exercises in each year to confirm the overall number of permanent exclusions. However, this only confirmed the number of exclusions in each local authority area and did not include information on the characteristics of the excluded pupil, for example whether or not they have special educational needs. Figures provided in the first table are as reported by schools and are known to be incomplete.
	The range of indicators collected on excluded pupils does not include whether they were on dual placement.
	Figures provided here refer to the cases of exclusion, rather than the number of pupils excluded as some pupils were excluded more than once during the year.
	
		
			  Maintained primary, secondary and all special schools( 1,)( )( 2) : number of pe rm anent exclusions by special educational needs (SEN) 1997-98 to 2004-05( 3) —England 
			   Maintained primary and secondary schools  All special schools 
			   Number of permanent exclusions  Percentage of school population( 4)  Number of permanent exclusions  Percentage of school population( 4) 
			  1997-98 
			 Pupils with statements of SEN 1,700 1.21 550 0.60 
			 Pupils with SEN without statement and pupils with no SEN 10,030 0.14 20 0.35 
			 Total pupils 11,730 0.16 570 0.58 
			  
			  1998-99 
			 Pupils with statements of SEN 1,530 1.04 390 0.43 
			 Pupils with SEN without statement and pupils with no SEN 8,460 0.11 40 0.72 
			 Total pupils 10,000 0.13 440 0.45 
			  
			 1999-2000 
			 Pupils with statements of SEN 1,140 0.75 360 0.39 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements and pupils with no SEN 6,800 0.09 30 0.57 
			 Total pupils 7,940 0.10 380 0.40 
			  
			  2000-01( 3,)( )( 5) 
			 Pupils with statements of SEN 540 0.35 n/a n/a 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements and pupils with no SEN 7,800 0.11 n/a n/a 
			 Total pupils 8,330 0.11 390 0.41 
			  
			  2001-02( 3) 
			 Pupils with statements of SEN 760 0.51 280 0.31 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements and pupils with no SEN(6) 7,640 0.10 40 0.93 
			  Of which: 
			 Pupils with no SEN 3,350 0.05 40 0.95 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements(6) 4,290 0.32 * * 
			 Total pupils 8,400 0.11 320 0.34 
			  
			  2002-03( 3) 
			 Pupils with statements of SEN 680 0.45 250 0.28 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements and pupils with no SEN(6) 7,190 0.09 20 0.49 
			  Of which: 
			 Pupils with no SEN 2,720 0.04 10 0.98 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements(6) 4,470 0.40 *  
			 Total pupils 7,870 0.10 270 0.29 
			  
			  2003-04( 3) 
			 Pupils with statements of SEN 720 0.48 230 0.25 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements and pupils with no SEN(6) 8,130 0.11 30 0.99 
			  Of which: 
			 Pupils with no SEN 3,300 0.05 30 3.18 
			 Pupils at School Action 1,710 0.22 0 0.00 
			 Pupils at School Action Plus 3,130 0.89 * * 
			 Total pupils(7) 8,850 0.12 260 0.28 
			  
			  2004-05( 3) 
			 Pupils with statements of SEN 570 0.40 210 0.23 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements and pupils with no SEN(6) 7,700 0.10 50 2.01 
			  Of which: 
			 Pupils with no SEN 3.520 0.06 40 10.23 
			 Pupils at School Action 1,580 0.20 0 0.00 
			 Pupils at School Action Plus 2,600 0.71 * * 
			 Total Pupils(7) 8.270 0.11 250 0.28 
			 * Less than five exclusions, or a rate based on less than five exclusions. n/a = Not available (due to quality concerns with the data). (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes both maintained and non-maintained special schools. (3) From 2000-01 onwards there are quality issues with permanent exclusions data. Schools are known to have under-reported the situation. The Department has carried out checking exercises to confirm the overall number of permanent exclusions in each local authority area but this did not extend to the characteristics of excluded pupils (such as SEN). Figures shown here are as reported by schools and are un-confirmed. Caution is recommended when interpreting this output. (4) The number of excluded pupils by SEN expressed as a percentage of the school population supported by same SEN provision (excluding dually registered pupils). (5) The SEN data reported by special schools for excluded pupils in 2000/01 is not sufficiently reliable or robust to be included here. (6) The introduction of the new code of practice means that the number of children with SEN without statements reported in 2000-01 and later are not directly comparable with earlier years. (7) Totals include those exclusions for which SEN (if any) was not known.  Note: Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.  Source: Schools Census 
		
	
	The first year for which information on exclusions from pupil referral units is available is the 2003-04 academic year. The available information is given in the table.
	
		
			  Pupil referral units: number of permanent exclusions by special educational needs (SEN) 2003-04 and 2004-05 —England 
			   Number of permanent exclusions( 1)  Percentage of school population( 2) 
			  2003-04   
			 Pupils with statements of SEN3 10 0.26 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements and pupils with no SEN(3) 30 0.34 
			  O f which:   
			 Pupils with no SEN(3) 20 0.93 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements(3) 10 17 
			 Total pupils(4) 30 0.26 
			
			  2004-05   
			 Pupils with statements of SEN(3) 10 0.40 
			 Pupils with EN without statements and pupils with no SEN3 30 0.35 
			  O f which:   
			 Pupils with no SEN(5) 20 0.57 
			 Pupils with SEN without statements (6) 20 0.26 
			
			 Total pupils(4) 40 0.28 
			 (1) The number of permanent exclusions from Pupil Referral Units is derived from Termly Exclusions Survey returns. (2) The number of pupils In Pupil Referral Units by stag of SEN (to derive the percentage of school population) is sourced from Schools Census returns. (3) The school population number includes pupils with sole registration only. (4) The school population number includes those pupils with sole registration and pupil with other providers.  Note: Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.  Source:  Termly Exclusions Survey and Schools Census

Schools: Crimes of Violence

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers experienced physical abuse in their workplace in 2006.

Jim Knight: The number of assaults on school staff is not collected centrally.
	For the academic year 2004/05, information is available on the reasons for pupil exclusions. These reasons include 'physical assault against an adult'.
	A local authority breakdown of the number of pupils who have been excluded from school (permanently or for a fixed period) for physical assault against an adult, together with total numbers of exclusions, is given in the following tables.
	
		
			  Maintained primary, secondary and special schools( 1,2) : permanent and fixed period exclusions for physical assault against an adult and total number of exclusions (all reasons)( 3)  numbers and rates per 1,000 pupils 2004/05—by local authority area 
			Permanent exclusions 
			 Exclusions for physical assault against an adult  All permanent exclusions 
			Number of pupils on roll( 4)  Number  Exclusions per 1,000 pupils( 5)  Number  Exclusions per 1,000 pupils( 5) 
			   England( 6,)( )( 7) 7,606,040 1,270 0.17 9,400 1.24 
			
			   North East( 6) 398,660 90 0.23 460 1.16 
			 841 Darlington 15,404 * * 34 2.21 
			 840 Durham 75,863 16 0.21 91 1.20 
			 390 Gateshead 28,840 9 0.31 32 1.11 
			 805 Hartlepool 16,035 * * 22 1.37 
			 806 Middlesbrough 20,165 8 0.40 19 0.94 
			 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 37,260 17 0.46 62 1.66 
			 392 North Tyneside 30,600 4 0.13 27 0.88 
			 929 Northumberland 50,547 9 0.18 72 1.42 
			 807 Redcar and Cleveland 24,083 4 0.17 24 1.00 
			 393 South Tyneside 23,762 12 0.51 44 1.85 
			 808 Stockton-on-Tees 30,857 8 0.26 21 0.68 
			 394 Sunderland 45,241 3 0.07 15 0.33 
			
			   North West( 6) 1,086,590 240 0.22 1,440 1.33 
			 889 Blackburn with Darwen 24,603 3 0.12 30 1.22 
			 890 Blackpool 21,190 9 0.42 59 2.78 
			 350 Bolton 45,797 6 0.13 62 1.35 
			 351 Bury 28,254 * * 33 1.17 
			 875 Cheshire 104,163 30 0.29 170 1.63 
			 909 Cumbria 76,831 11 0.14 64 0.83 
			 876 Halton 18.910 * * 45 2.38 
			 340 Knowsley 26,438 6 0.30 37 1.40 
			 888 Lancashire 173,101 63 0.36 273 1.58 
			 341 Liverpool 73,239 * * 80 1.09 
			 352 Manchester 65,644 27 0.41 84 1.28 
			 353 Oldham 40,513 7 0.17 39 0.96 
			 354 Rochdale 34,820 4 0.11 39 1.12 
			 355 Salford 32,960 16 0.49 86 2.61 
			 343 Sefton 45,132 5 0.11 33 0.73 
			 342 St. Helens 28,272 0 0.00 4 0.14 
			 356 Stockport 40,944 9 0.22 49 1.20 
			 357 Tameside 36,731 12 0.33 63 1.72 
			 358 Trafford 35,964 * * 17 0.47 
			 877 Warrington 32,137 6 0.19 45 1.40 
			 359 Wigan 48.712 12 0.25 69 1.42 
			 344 Wirral 52,231 * * 63 1.21 
			
			   Yorkshire and the Humber( 6) 806,660 150 0.19 840 1.04 
			 370 Barnsley 34.496 * * 4 0.12 
			 380 Bradford 86,686 7 0.08 61 0.70 
			 381 Calderdale 34,765 4 0.12 46 1.32 
			 371 Don caster 50,302 17 0.34 91 1.81 
			 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 50,036 6 0.12 30 0.60 
			 810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 39,262 34 0.87 84 2.14 
			 382 Kirklees 63,113 8 0.13 60 0.95 
			 383 Leeds 111,538 24 0.22 120 1.08 
			 812 North East Lincolnshire 26,023 4 0.15 62 2.38 
			 813 North Lincolnshire 25,047 0 0.00 0 0.00 
			 815 North Yorkshire 88.139 9 0.10 62 0.70 
			 372 Rotherham 45,113 7 0.16 27 0.60 
			 373 Sheffield 75,753 16 0.21 97 1.28 
			 384 Wakefield 52,231 4 0.08 50 0.96 
			 816 York 24,159 5 0.21 42 1.74 
			
			   East Midlands( 6) 667,600 160 0.24 970 1.46 
			 831 Derby 37,832 14 0.37 85 2.25 
			 830 Derbyshire 115,455 19 0.16 136 1.18 
			 856 Leicester 47.168 22 0.47 79 1.67 
			 855 Leicestershire 96.577 20 0.21 133 1.38 
			 925 Lincolnshire 102,884 20 0.19 182 1.77 
			 928 Northamptonshire 103,694 34 0.33 138 1.33 
			 892 Nottingham 38.195 16 0.42 73 1.91 
			 891 Nottinghamshire 120,891 18 0.15 147 1.22 
			 857 Rutland 4.907 0 0.00 0 0.00 
			
			   West Midlands( 6) 864,790 120 0.14 1,060 1.22 
			 330 Birmingham 175.226 37 0.21 364 2.08 
			 331 Coventry 49,307 * * 6 0.12 
			 332 Dudley 50,251 7 0.14 91 1.81 
			 884 Herefordshire 24,005 7 0.29 27 1.12 
			 333 Sandwell 50.581 4 0.08 68 1.34 
			 893 Shropshire 40,761 5 0.12 35 0.86 
			 334 Solihull 36,360 7 0.19 57 1.57 
			 860 Staffordshire 128,800 20 0.16 144 1.12 
			 861 Stoke-on-Trent 36,594 3 0.08 13 0.36 
			 894 Telford and Wrekin 26,491 10 0.38 39 1.47 
			 335 Walsall 48,005 5 0.10 25 0.52 
			 937 Warwickshire 76,698 10 0.13 146 1.90 
			 336 Wolverhampton 40.675 * * 18 0.44 
			 885 Worcestershire 81,031 * * 26 0.32 
			
			   East of England( 6) 842,380 110 0.13 930 1.11 
			 820 Bedfordshire 63,800 11 0.17 126 1.97 
			 873 Cambridgeshire 77,582 * * 5 0.06 
			 881 Essex 201,078 45 0.22 203 1.01 
			 919 Hertfordshire 174,931 12 0.07 237 1.35 
			 821 Luton 31,075 5 0.16 31 1.00 
			 926 Norfolk 113,477 5 0.04 96 0.85 
			 874 Peterborough 28,680 * * 30 1.05 
			 882 Southend-on-Sea 27,270 5 0.18 37 1.36 
			 935 Suffolk 101,555 20 0.20 148 1.46 
			 883 Thurrock 22,936 4 0.17 20 0.87 
			
			   London( 6,)( )( 7) 1,060,180 160 0.15 1,510 1.43 
			
			   Inner London( 6,)( )( 7) 360,840 60 0.17 420 1.18 
			 202 Camden 21,565 3 0.14 14 0.65 
			 201 City of London(7) 224 n/a n/a * * 
			 204 Hackney 25,572 5 0.20 28 1.09 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 17,102 * * 15 0.88 
			 309 Haringey 33,565 7 0.21 28 0.83 
			 206 Islington 22.694 4 0.18 9 0.40 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea 10,664 5 0.47 17 1.59 
			 208 Lambeth 28,220 0 0.00 41 1.45 
			 209 Lewisham 34,117 * * 23 0.67 
			 316 Newham 48,646 10 0.21 84 1.73 
			 210 Southwark 33,760 6 0.18 36 1.07 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 36,728 7 0.19 41 1.12 
			 212 Wandsworth 28,286 4 0.14 53 1.87 
			 213 Westminster 19,693 3 0.15 34 1.73 
			
			   Outer London( 6,7) 699,350 100 0.14 1,090 1.56 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 31,005 13 0.42 45 1.45 
			 302 Barnet 45,939 12 0.26 57 1.24 
			 303 Bexley 39,513 5 0.13 62 1.57 
			 304 Brent 39,396 15 0.38 85 2.16 
			 305 Bromley 46,894 * * 56 1.19 
			 306 Croydon 49,099 4 0.08 102 2.08 
			 307 Ealing 41,644 7 0.17 79 1.90 
			 308 Enfield 49,670 * * 62 1.25 
			 203 Greenwich 36,303 19 0.52 110 3.03 
			 310 Harrow 28,772 3 0.10 51 1.77 
			 311 Havering 36.568 4 0.11 40 1.09 
			 312 Hillingdon 42,027 4 0.10 57 1.36 
			 313 Hounslow 35,840 0 0.00 77 2.15 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 21.431 * * 6 0.28 
			 315 Merton 23,547 4 0.17 33 1.40 
			 317 Redbridge 44.622 5 0.11 60 1.34 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 20,108 0 0.00 22 1.09 
			 319 Sutton 31,277 * * 26 0.83 
			 320 Waltham Forest (7) 35.692 n/a n/a 60 1.68 
			
			   South East( 6) 1,161,570 160 0.14 1,400 1.20 
			 867 Bracknell Forest 15,119 * * 43 2.84 
			 846 Brighton and Hove 29,961 11 0.37 37 1.23 
			 825 Buckinghamshire 75,866 4 0.05 46 0.61 
			 845 East Sussex 66.612 16 0.24 110 1.65 
			 850 Hampshire 173,289 17 0.10 162 0.93 
			 921 Isle of Wight 19.586 * * 8 0.41 
			 886 Kent 212,811 25 0.12 356 1.67 
			 887 Medway 43,998 7 0.16 54 1.23 
			 826 Milton Keynes 36,186 6 0.17 50 1.38 
			 931 Oxfordshire 85,281 6 0.07 35 0.41 
			 851 Portsmouth 24,722 6 0.24 20 0.81 
			 870 Reading 16,522 7 0.42 27 1.63 
			 871 Slough 20,274 * * 10 0.49 
			 852 Southampton 28,576 9 0.31 31 1.08 
			 936 Surrey 140,069 19 0.14 154 1.10 
			 869 West Berkshire 24.626 3 0.12 31 1.26 
			 938 West Sussex 105,642 12 0.11 159 1.51 
			 868 Windsor and Maidenhead 18,984 * * 31 1.63 
			 872 Wokingham 23,444 5 0.21 35 1.49 
			
			   South West( 6) 717,610 70 0.10 780 1.09 
			 800 Bath and North East Somerset 25,161 * * 40 1.59 
			 837 Bournemouth 20,891 * * 23 1.10 
			 801 Bristol, City of 46,702 * * 51 1.09 
			 908 Cornwall 73,227 4 0.05 118 1.61 
			 878 Devon 97,698 4 0.04 64 0.66 
			 835 Dorset 55,849 5 0.09 46 0.82 
			 916 Gloucestershire 85,937 12 0.14 90 1.05 
			 420 Isles of Scilly 251 0 0.00 0 0.00 
			 802 North Somerset 28,141 * * 17 0.60 
			 879 Plymouth 39.243 7 0.18 43 1.10 
			 836 Poole 19,305 * * 20 1.04 
			 933 Somerset 71.328 12 0.17 72 1.01 
			 803 South Gloucestershire 39,981 3 0.08 68 1.70 
			 866 Swindon 28,735 6 0.21 28 0.97 
			 880 Torbay 19,625 * * 14 0.71 
			 865 Wiltshire 65,540 11 0.17 87 1.33 
		
	
	
		
			Fixed period exclusions 
			 Exclusions for physical assault against an adult  All fixed period exclusions 
			Number of pupils on roll( 4)  Number  Exclusions per 1,000 pupils( 5)  Number  Exclusions per 1,000 pupils( 5) 
			   England( 6,)( )( 7) 7,606,040 18,480 2.43 389,560 51.22 
			
			   North East( 6) 398,660 830 2.08 17,580 44.09 
			 841 Darlington 15.404 78 5.06 1,425 92.51 
			 840 Durham 75,863 145 1.91 4,804 63.32 
			 390 Gateshead 28,840 41 1.42 712 24.69 
			 805 Hartlepool 16,035 10 0.62 591 36.86 
			 806 Middlesbrough 20.165 37 1.83 732 36.30 
			 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 37,260 106 2.84 1,928 51.74 
			 392 North Tyneside 30.600 50 1.63 758 24.77 
			 929 Northumberland 50,547 98 1.94 2,448 48.43 
			 807 Redcar and Cleveland 24.083 44 1.63 877 36.42 
			 393 South Tyneside 23,762 49 2.06 1,067 44.90 
			 808 Stockton-on-Tees 30,857 120 3.89 1,051 34.06 
			 394 Sunderland 45,241 54 1.19 1,183 26.15 
			
			   North West( 6) 1,086,590 2,700 2.48 56,720 52.20 
			 889 Blackburn with Darwen 24,603 108 4.39 1.395 56.70 
			 890 Blackpool 21,190 63 2.97 1,436 67.77 
			 350 Bolton 45,797 133 2.90 2,997 65.44 
			 351 Bury 28,254 68 2.41 1.776 62.86 
			 875 Cheshire 104,163 249 2.39 8,272 60.21 
			 909 Cumbria 76,831 139 1.81 5,458 71.04 
			 876 Halton 18,910 27 1.43 565 29.88 
			 340 Knowsley 26,438 110 4.16 1.025 38.77 
			 888 Lancashire 173,101 476 2.75 9,483 54.78 
			 341 Liverpool 73,239 95 1.30 1,829 24.97 
			 352 Manchester 65,644 358 5.45 4,416 67.27 
			 353 Oldham 40,513 91 2.25 2,639 65.14 
			 354 Rochdale 34,820 87 2.50 1,782 51.18 
			 355 Salford 32,960 102 3.09 1,979 60.04 
			 343 Sefton 45.132 27 0.60 539 11.94 
			 342 St. Helens 28,272 42 1.49 1,412 49.94 
			 356 Stockport 40,944 102 2.49 2,349 57.37 
			 357 Tameside 36,731 107 2.91 2,420 65.88 
			 358 Trafford 35,964 50 1.39 1.256 34.92 
			 877 Warrington 32,137 74 2.30 2,066 64.29 
			 359 Wigan 48.712 174 3.57 2,582 53.01 
			 344 Wirral 52,231 22 0.42 1,040 19.91 
			
			   Yorkshire and the Humber( 6) 806,660 2,340 2.90 47,650 59.07 
			 370 Barnsley 34,496 71 2.06 1,429 41.43 
			 380 Bradford 86,686 236 2.72 4,095 47.24 
			 381 Calderdale 34,765 91 2.62 1,663 47.84 
			 371 Don caster 50,302 149 2.96 3,087 61.37 
			 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 50,036 100 2.00 2,550 50.96 
			 810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 39,262 288 7.34 3,105 79.08 
			 382 Kirklees 63,113 197 3.12 3,781 59.91 
			 383 Leeds 111,538 368 3.30 7.610 68.23 
			 812 North East Lincolnshire 26,023 99 3.80 2,310 88.77 
			 813 North Lincolnshire 25,047 71 2.83 1,936 77.29 
			 815 North Yorkshire 88.139 164 1.86 3,609 40.95 
			 372 Rotherham 45,113 164 3.64 2,223 49.28 
			 373 Sheffield 75,753 157 2.07 5,094 67.24 
			 384 Wakefield 52,231 138 2.64 3,796 72.68 
			 816 York 24,159 48 1.99 1,356 56.21 
			
			  East Midlands(6) 667,600 1,790 2.68 34,610 51.84 
			 831 Derby 37,832 99 2.62 2.595 68.59 
			 830 Derbyshire 115,455 226 1.96 5,003 43.33 
			 856 Leicester 47,168 108 2.29 3,028 64.20 
			 855 Leicestershire 96,577 167 1.73 4.084 42.29 
			 925 Lincolnshire 102,884 257 2.50 4,468 43.43 
			 928 Northamptonshire 103.694 381 3.67 6,277 60.53 
			 892 Nottingham 38,195 241 6.31 2.264 59.27 
			 891 Nottinghamshire 120,891 300 2.48 6,728 55.65 
			 857 Rutland 4,907 9 1.83 159 32.40 
			
			   West Midlands( 6) 864,790 2,170 2.51 41,210 47.66 
			 330 Birmingham 175,226 505 2.88 8,304 47.39 
			 331 Coventry 49,307 142 2.88 1,474 29.89 
			 332 Dudley 50.251 66 1.31 2.838 58.48 
			 884 Herefordshire 24.005 62 2.58 1,503 62.61 
			 333 Sandwell 50,581 120 2.37 2,167 42.84 
			 893 Shropshire 40,761 93 2.28 2,231 54.73 
			 334 Solihull 36,360 70 1.93 1.683 46.29 
			 860 Staffordshire 128,800 172 1.34 5,702 44.27 
			 861 Stoke-on-Trent 36,594 136 3.72 2.409 65.83 
			 894 Telford and Wrekin 26,491 284 10.72 2,319 87.54 
			 335 Walsall 48,005 127 2.65 2,765 57.60 
			 937 Warwickshire 76,698 119 1.55 3,022 39.40 
			 336 Wolverhampton 40,675 55 1.35 1,263 31.05 
			 885 Worcestershire 81,031 221 2.73 3,533 43.60 
			
			   East of England( 6) 842,380 1,650 1.96 40,860 48.51 
			 820 Bedfordshire 63,800 115 1.80 2,519 39.48 
			 873 Cambridgeshire 77,582 89 1.15 2,507 32.31 
			 881 Essex 201,078 472 2.35 12,213 60.74 
			 919 Hertfordshire 174,931 249 1.42 6,731 38.48 
			 821 Luton 31.075 72 2.32 1,247 40.13 
			 926 Norfolk 113,477 177 1.56 5,615 49.48 
			 874 Peterborough 28,680 54 1.88 1,487 51.85 
			 882 Southend-on-Sea 27,270 132 4.84 1.483 54.38 
			 935 Suffolk 101.555 214 2.11 5,307 52.26 
			 883 Thurrock 22,936 71 3.10 1,751 76.34 
			
			   London( 6,)( )( 7) 1,060,180 2,490 2.35 42,850 40.41 
			
			   Inner London( 6,)( )( 7) 360,840 1,110 3.08 14,110 39.09 
			 202 Camden 21,565 69 3.20 1,017 47.16 
			 201 City of London(7) 224 0 0.00 __ — 
			 204 Hackney 25,572 143 5.59 1.244 48.65 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 17,102 55 3.22 809 47.30 
			 309 Haringey 33,565 121 3.60 1,647 49.07 
			 206 Islington 22,694 87 3.83 526 23.18 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea 10.664 25 2.34 341 31.98 
			 208 Lambeth 28,220 34 1.20 1,092 38.70 
			 209 Lewisham 34,117 103 3.02 1,313 38.49 
			 316 Newham 48,646 39 0.80 1,138 23.39 
			 210 Southwark 33,760 119 3.52 1,235 36.58 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 36,728 100 2.72 1,255 34.17 
			 212 Wandsworth 28,286 157 5.55 1,575 55.68 
			 213 Westminster 19,693 61 3.10 913 46.36 
			
			   Outer London( 6,)( )( 7) 699,350 1,370 1.96 28,740 41.09 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 31.005 79 2.55 824 26.58 
			 302 Barnet 45,939 86 1.87 1,494 32.52 
			 303 Bexley 39,513 53 1.34 1,715 43.40 
			 304 Brent 39,396 108 2.74 1,863 47.29 
			 305 Bromley 46.894 40 0.85 1.954 41.67 
			 306 Croydon 49,099 94 1.91 1,307 26.62 
			 307 Ealing 41,644 68 1.63 2,003 48.10 
			 308 Enfield 49.670 110 2.21 2,053 41.33 
			 203 Greenwich 36,303 227 6.25 2,745 75.61 
			 310 Harrow 28,772 47 1.63 1,090 37.88 
			 311 Havering 36,568 44 1.20 1,824 49.88 
			 312 Hillingdon 42,027 65 1.55 1,135 27.01 
			 313 Hounslow 35,840 0 0.00 1,271 35.46 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 21,431 15 0.70 704 32.85 
			 315 Merton 23.547 77 3.27 1.278 54.27 
			 317 Redbridge 44,622 29 0.65 445 9.97 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 20.108 22 1.09 904 44.96 
			 319 Sutton 31.277 43 1.37 1,441 46.07 
			 320 Waltham Forest (7) 35,692 167 4.68 2,689 75.34 
			
			   South East( 6) 1,161,570 2,810 2.42 67,820 58.39 
			 867 Bracknell Forest 15.119 18 1.19 672 44.45 
			 846 Brighton and Hove 29,961 147 4.91 2,206 73.63 
			 825 Buckinghamshire 75,866 123 1.62 2,409 31.75 
			 845 East Sussex 66,612 262 3.93 5,937 89.13 
			 850 Hampshire 173,289 449 2.59 11,727 67.67 
			 921 Isle of Wight 19,586 47 2.40 1,008 51.47 
			 886 Kent 212,811 353 1.66 11.895 55.89 
			 887 Medway 43.998 139 3.16 2,830 64.32 
			 826 Milton Keynes 36,186 32 0.88 1,136 31.39 
			 931 Oxfordshire 85,281 221 2.59 4.305 50.48 
			 851 Portsmouth 24,722 209 8.45 2,982 120.62 
			 870 Reading 16,522 69 4.18 1,046 63.31 
			 871 Slough 20.274 32 1.58 537 26.49 
			 852 Southampton 28,576 159 5.56 2,869 101.10 
			 936 Surrey 140,069 210 1.50 7.114 50.79 
			 869 West Berkshire 24.626 38 1.54 1,578 64.08 
			 938 West Sussex 105,642 228 2.16 5,800 54.90 
			 868 Windsor and Maidenhead 18,984 20 1.05 701 36.93 
			 872 Wokingham 23,444 49 2.09 1.047 44.66 
			
			   South West( 6) 717,610 1,710 2.38 40,280 56.13 
			 800 Bath and North East Somerset 25,161 40 1.59 1,804 71.70 
			 837 Bournemouth 20,891 45 2.15 1,116 53.42 
			 801 Bristol, City of 46,702 297 6.36 5,609 120.10 
			 908 Cornwall 73,227 85 1.16 3,161 43.17 
			 878 Devon 97,698 201 2.06 5,678 58.12 
			 835 Dorset 55,849 39 0.70 1,684 30.15 
			 916 Gloucestershire 85.937 123 1.43 3,487 40.58 
			 420 Isles of Scilly 251 0 0.00 0 0.00 
			 802 North Somerset 28,141 94 3.34 1,441 51.21 
			 879 Plymouth 39,243 96 2.45 1,392 35.47 
			 836 Poole 19,305 69 3.57 1,335 69.15 
			 933 Somerset 71,328 206 2.89 4,308 60.40 
			 803 South Gloucestershire 39,981 67 1.68 2,357 58.95 
			 866 Swindon 28,735 143 4.98 2,185 76.04 
			 880 Torbay 19,625 79 4.03 970 49.43 
			 865 Wiltshire 65,540 126 1.92 3,753 57.26 
			 * = Less than three, or a rate based on less than three. '—' = Less than five, or a rate based on less than five. n/a = Not available. (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes maintained special schools, excludes non-maintained special schools. (3) The distribution of exclusions by reason has been derived from the Termly Exclusions survey and applied to the number of permanent exclusions as confirmed by local authorities as part of the school census checking exercise. (4) The number (headcount) of all pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) in January 2005. (5) The number of exclusions in 2004/05 divided by how many thousands of pupils were on roll in January 2005. (6) National and regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. Totals as shown may not equal the sum of constituent parts. (7) The reasons for permanent exclusions are not available for Waltham Forest and City of London.  Source: School Census and Termly Exclusions Survey

Schools: Nottinghamshire

John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which 10 schools in Nottinghamshire have the highest percentage of Gypsy and Traveller children on their rolls.

Jim Knight: holding answer 20 April 2007
	 The information requested is shown in the tables.
	The figures for Travellers of Irish heritage and Gypsy/Roma children need to be interpreted with caution due to the small numbers recorded.
	
		
			  10 schools which have the highest percentage of pupils who are classified as Gypsy/Roma ethnic origin( 1,)( )( 2) —January 2006—Nottinghamshire 
			  URN  LA number  Estab. number  School name  Number of pupils classified as Gypsy/Roma ethnic origin  Percentage of pupils classified as Gypsy/Roma ethnic origin( 3) 
			 122747 891 3040 Mount CofE Primary and Nursery School 44 32.6 
			 122822 891 3770 St. Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School 21 13.6 
			 122771 891 3145 Walesby CofE Primary School 14 8.9 
			 122737 891 2933 Ryton Park Primary School 11 5.1 
			 132784 891 3292 Bowbridge Primary School 12 3.6 
			 122611 891 2673 Manners Sutton Primary School * * 
			 122593 891 2526 Hawtonville Junior School 5 1.9 
			 131360 891 4583 Magnus CofE School 17 1.5 
			 122595 891 2532 Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School * * 
			 122580 891 2444 Jacksdale Primary and Nursery School 3 1.2 
			 * = Less than 3, or a rate based on less than 3. (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Pupils of compulsory school age and above were classified according to ethnic group. Excludes dually registered pupils. (3) The number of pupils by ethnic group expressed as a percentage of all pupils of compulsory school age and above.  Source: School Census 
		
	
	
		
			  10 schools which have the highest percentage of pupils who are classified as Traveller of Irish heritage ethnic origin( 1,2) —January 2006—Nottinghamshire 
			  URN  LA number  Estab. number  School name  Number of pupils classified as Traveller of Irish heritage ethnic origin  Percentage of pupils classified as Traveller of Irish heritage ethnic origin( 3) 
			 122645 891 2751 Queen Eleanor Primary School 3 9.4 
			 122594 891 2527 Oliver Quibell Infant School * * 
			 130996 891 7041 Newark Orchard School * * 
			 133279 891 3299 Ladybrook Primary School 3 2.2 
			 131360 891 4583 Magnus CofE School 12 1.1 
			 122812 891 3696 The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold * * 
			 122578 891 2436 Selston Bagthorpe Primary School * * 
			 122730 891 2926 Prospect Hill Junior School * * 
			 122670 891 2812 Radcliffe-on-Trent Junior School * * 
			 122582 891 2460 Annie Holgate Junior School * * 
			 * = Less than 3, or a rate based on less than 3. (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Pupils of compulsory school age and above were classified according to ethnic group. Excludes dually registered pupils. (3) The number of pupils by ethnic group expressed as a percentage of all pupils of compulsory school age and above.  Source: School Census

Secondary Education: Curriculum

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority secondary curriculum review is based  (a) wholly and  (b) in part on an outcome-based educational approach.

Jim Knight: holding answer 23 April 2007
	The purpose of all education is to achieve outcomes or results. The secondary curriculum review is based upon the need for all young people to acquire prescribed subject knowledge, skills and understanding including high level skills in literacy, numeracy and scientific understanding; to develop a knowledge of British history and an understanding of our place in the world; and to understand contemporary issues which shape the international context for the next generation.
	The secondary curriculum review also seeks to provide all young people with the skills to continue to learn throughout life; to be inquisitive, independent thinkers; to be problem solvers; and team workers.
	If that is what is meant by 'an outcome-based educational approach' then the secondary curriculum review can be said to be 'outcome based'.
	If however, 'an outcome-based educational approach' is defined as a curriculum which is content-free; lacking in rigour; entirely skills based; and not specific and particular about cognitive content, then that is most definitely not the approach upon which the secondary curriculum review is based.

Teachers: Pay

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what teachers'  (a) starting salary,  (b) salary after seven years employment and  (c) average pay was in each of the last 30 years; and what the percentage change was in each year at today's prices.

Jim Knight: holding answer 23 April 2007
	To derive figures for a 30-year time period for starting salaries and salaries after seven years employment would be at disproportionate cost.
	The average salary figures for  (a) newly qualified entrants and  (b) teachers with between seven and eight years experience for both March 1997 and March 2005 (provisional), expressed in cash and real terms in 2005-06 prices, for England and Wales is shown in the following table.
	
		
			  Average salaries in cash and real terms 
			   March 1997  March (provisional)  
			   Cash (£)  Real (£)  Cash (£)  Real (£)  Real terms difference (Percentage) 
			 Newly qualified entrants in England and Wales(1) 14.560 18,080 19,730 20,100 11 
			 Between 7 and 8 years experience(2) 22,520 27,970 32,060 32,660 17 
			 (1) Teachers qualifying through college based routes in England or Wales in the previous calendar year in full-time regular service the following March. (2) Includes only teachers on the main and upper pay scale.  Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Real term figures based on latest GDP deflators (21 March 2007) from HMT shown in 2005-06 prices. 
		
	
	Average salaries are used to answer parts  (a) and  (b) because there are, in fact, no set salaries for those starting teaching or those with seven years' experience.
	In relation to part  (c), average salary figures over the last 30 years for teachers are available and are shown in the following table in both cash and real terms, with percentage year on year and cumulative changes, for England and Wales.
	
		
			  Year( 1)  Average salary in cash terms( 2)  (£)  Salaries in 2005-06 terms (£)  Yearly real terms increase/decrease (Percentage)  Cumulative real terms increase/decrease (Percentage) 
			 1975 3,110 21,400   
			 1976 3,960 21,710 1 1 
			 1977 4,330 20,920 -4 -2 
			 1978 4,560 19,370 -7 -9 
			 1979 5,320 20,370 5 -5 
			 1980 6,090 19,940 -2 -7 
			 1981 7,640 21,160 6 -1 
			 1982 8,300 21,010 -1 -2 
			 1983 8,890 21,000 0 -2 
			 1984 9,400 21,230 1 -1 
			 1985 9,950 21,340 1 0 
			 1986 11,020 22,410 5 5 
			 1987 12,860 25,340 13 18 
			 1988 14,640 27,310 8 28 
			 1989 14,380 25,080 -8 17 
			 1990 15,520 25,260 1 18 
			 1991 17,140 25,860 2 21 
			 1992 19,230 27,350 6 28 
			 1993 20,750 28,590 5 34 
			 1994 20,970 28,160 -2 32 
			 1995 20,510 27,130 -4 27 
			 1996 20,990 26,940 -1 26 
			 1997 21,670 26,910 0 26 
			 1998 22,210 26,800 0 25 
			 1999 23,080 27,160 1 27 
			 2000 23,980 27,660 2 29 
			 2001 25,540 29,050 5 36 
			 2002 26,880 29,870 3 40 
			 2003 28,500 30,720 3 44 
			 2004 29,590 30,970 1 45 
			 2005(1) 30,590 31,160 1 46 
			 (1 )Data from March that year. (2) Excludes those in leadership/head teacher positions and particular grades outside of the main and upper pay scales in the years where this is appropriate. (3) Provisional.  Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10. 2. Real terms figures based on latest GDP deflators (21 March 2007) from HMT shown in 2005-06 prices.

Colorectal Cancer: Screening

Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of faecal occult blood testing kits distributed since implementation of the NHS bowel cancer screening programme have been returned by  (a) women and  (b) men.

Rosie Winterton: The information requested is in the following table as at 30 March 2007.
	
		
			  Gender  Number of testing kits sent out  Percentage  Number of testing kits returned  Percentage 
			 Female 64,665 50 31,997 51 
			 Male 64,548 50 30,834 49 
			 Total 129,213 — 62,831 —

Health Services: South West Region

Robert Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she has approved proposals from the South West Strategic Health Authority to rebalance NHS provision away from acute hospital care to out-of-hospital care in the community; and if she will make a statement.

Andy Burnham: Any proposals for the reconfiguration of services are a matter for the national health service locally.
	There is a well established and well understood process for managing formal public consultations on proposed changes so that patients, the public and other stakeholders can help to inform the local debate.
	However, our vision for providing more services in settings that are convenient for patients was set out in "Our Health, Our Care, Our Say".
	Although one of our goals is to treat people more quickly and conveniently closer to home, this should only happen where it is consistent with safety and good quality care.

Medicine: Students

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage change in the bursaries that  (a) nursing,  (b) midwifery,  (c) medical,  (d) dental and  (e) allied health professional students received there was in each year since 1997.

Rosie Winterton: Table one shows the national health service bursary rates for the basic awards, not including additional allowances, for the period 1997 to 2008 and the annual percentage increases. The majority of nurses and midwives receive the non-means tested bursary. Medical and dental students and the majority of allied health professional students receive the means-tested NHS bursary. The NHS bursary scheme has supported allied health professional students since 1998 and medical and dental undergraduate students since September 2002 from their fifth and subsequent years of study. During the first four years' of study, medical and dental students receive support under the Department for Education and Skills regulations.
	In addition to the basic NHS bursary awards there are a number of other allowances.
	
		
			  Basic NHS bursary rates for academic years 1997-98 to 2007-08 
			   1997-98  1998-99  1999-2000  2000-01  2001-02  2002-03 
			  Degree   
			 London n/a 2,225 2,280 2,335 2,578 2,640 
			 Elsewhere n/a 1,810 1,855 1,900 2,098 2,148 
			 Parental Home n/a 1,480 1,515 1,555 l,717 1,758 
			  Diploma   
			 London 5,230 5,374 5,508 5,645 6,232 6,382 
			 Elsewhere 4,450 4,572 4,686 4,805 5,305 5,432 
			 % Increase on previous year — 2.75 2.5 2.4 10.4 2.4 
		
	
	
		
			   2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			  Degree  
			 London 2,703 2,768 2,837 2,908 2,976 
			 Elsewhere 2,200 2,253 2,309 2,367 2,422 
			 Parental Home 1,800 l,843 1,889 1,963 2,009 
			  Diploma  
			 London 6,535 6,692 6,859 7,030 7,194 
			 Elsewhere 5,562 5,695 5,837 5,983 6,122 
			 % Increase on previous year 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.33 
		
	
	
		
			  Basic NHS bursary rates for academic 2007-08 for new students 
			   2007-08 
			  Degree  
			 London 3,215 
			 Elsewhere 2,672 
			 Parental Home 2,231 
			  Diploma  
			 London 7,443 
			 Elsewhere 6,372 
		
	
	Table two shows national health service bursary rates for the basic awards, not including additional allowances, for new students who commence their course on or after 1 September 2007.
	Changes from September 2007 have been made to modernise the current scheme. This has allowed for the redistribution of funds to provide; an increase in the basic allowance and a new parents' learning allowance.

Palliative Care: Finance

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 March 2007,  Official Report, column 448W, on palliative care: finance, what the baseline year is for measuring the commitment to double spending on palliative care services; what the level of expenditure on palliative care services was in the baseline year; and by what date she intends to meet the commitment to double spending on palliative care services.

Rosie Winterton: The NHS Operating Framework for 2007-08 highlighted the importance of primary care trusts (PCTs) undertaking baseline reviews of their end of life care services. We will be issuing guidance on what the reviews should cover shortly. These reviews will provide information on the current position of end of life care services in PCTs and will help support the implementation of the end of life care strategy when it is published.
	As part of the end of life care strategy, the analytical and modelling working group will be examining the true cost of providing end of life care. They will aim to estimate the cost of the services provided across the board by both the national health service and the voluntary sector, both general and specialist, in the last three to six months of a patient's life and the current expenditure on end of life care services.
	This information will inform the delivery of the Government's manifesto commitment.

Psychologists

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many qualified clinical psychology staff worked in the NHS in  (a) England and  (b) each strategic health authority in each year since 1997.

Rosie Winterton: The information is shown in the table.
	
		
			  Number of qualified clinical psychology staff working in the national health service in England and in each strategic health authority (SHA) since 1997 
			   1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005 
			 England 4,038 4,408 4,572 5,032 5,514 6,092 6,757 7,051 7,122 
			 North East SHA 202 223 231 275 291 323 348 349 351 
			 North West SHA 486 551 578 614 716 835 913 1,014 982 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber SHA 407 423 384 471 463 548 565 593 593 
			 East Midlands SHA 277 264 270 274 351 364 388 408 422 
			 West Midlands SHA 434 535 541 587 645 729 821 810 762 
			 East of England SHA 217 314 323 338 352 427 499 477 530 
			 London SHA 954 1,037 1,104 1,217 1,329 1,509 1,698 1,857 1,841 
			 South East Coast SHA 279 309 367 414 465 451 471 455 506 
			 South Central SHA 277 281 284 295 328 312 418 424 443 
			 Special Health Authorities and Other Statutory Bodies 48 51 57 66 23 — — — — 
			  Source:  The Information Centre for health and social care non-medical workforce census.

Council Housing: Property Transfer

Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which councils' tenants voted against large scale voluntary transfer in each year since 1997.

Yvette Cooper: A table listing all transfer ballots by year since 1997 has been placed in the Library of the House.

Departments: Planning

Fabian Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps are taken by her Department to include  (a) older people and  (b) people with disabilities in strategic planning, policy making and the delivery of the services they use.

Yvette Cooper: Involvement of older and disabled people is integral to the formation of Communities and Local Government policies that affect them. Examples of recent and forthcoming consultations on my Department's policies include those on the Supporting People programme, the review of Disabled Facilities Grants, and the National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society. Disabled people were also consulted in the formation of my Department's disability equality scheme, which sets out what we will be doing over the next three years to improve equality of opportunity for disabled people, and has been commended by the Disability Rights Commission.
	In addition, the recently published Local Government White Paper encourages local authorities to target groups and communities who may in the past have been marginalised, including older and disabled people's groups, when discharging their new duty to 'inform, consult, involve and devolve'.

Departments: Renewable Energy

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much energy in kilowatt hours was purchased by her Department from renewable sources in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Angela Smith: In the year 2005-06(1), the amount of energy purchased from renewable sources by Communities and Local Government was as follows:
	
		
			  Renewable energy purchased 
			   Kilowatt hours 
			 Headquarter buildings 12,538,297 
			 Agencies 6,624,649 
		
	
	This answer does not include the buildings occupied by Government offices, who carry out functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments.
	Departments are mandated to source at least 10 per cent. of electricity from renewable sources by March 2008.
	Data relating to the Department's energy consumption and its performance against all the Government estate sustainable operations targets is available in the Sustainable Development Commission's Sustainable Development in Government (SDiG) Report 2006 found at:
	http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/.
	(1) Figures are yet to be fully collated for 2006-07 due to electricity billing arrangements.

Housing Revenue Accounts

Anne Snelgrove: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much on average local authorities in England paid back to the Exchequer from their housing revenue account in each year since 1990.

Yvette Cooper: Figures for the period 1990-91 to 1993-94 can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
	Details of net negative/positive housing revenue account subsidy amounts for England for the period 1994-95 to 2005-06 (the last year for which audited figures are available) have been given in the following table. In 2001, the Major Repairs Allowance was introduced to increase the resources available to local authorities to improve their housing. The figures given in the table show the housing element of HRA subsidy for 1994-95 to 2003-04 inclusive and Housing Revenue Account (HRA) subsidy for 2004-05 and 2005-06. The Local Government Act 2003 changed the way HRA Subsidy is accounted for and the figures are presented in line with current accounting practice. HRA Subsidy for 2004-05 (to date) is the precise equivalent of the housing element in prior years.
	
		
			  Financial year  Amounts distributed to authorities in deficit  Amounts contributed by authorities in surplus( 1)  Net expenditure by Exchequer( 2) 
			 1994-95 803,583,639 -892,150,955 -88,567,316 
			 1995-96 690,585,862 -1,077,515,215 -390,050,431 
			 1996-97 660,265,906 -1,223,294,361 -563,028,455 
			 1997-98 606,715,419 -1,260,563,048 -668,307,497 
			 1998-99 538,962,811 -1,408,955,122 -869,992,311 
			 1999-2000 484,765,377 -1,525,634,407 -1,040,869,030 
			 2000-01 441,660,519 -1,557,991,956 -1,116,331,437 
			 2001-02 967,053,381 -615,948,372 (3)351,105,009 
			 2002-03 906,718,472 -654,659,330 252,059,142 
			 2003-04 902,327,958 -711,409,278 191,153,240 
			 2004-05 694,206,087 -615,328,703 78,877,384 
			 2005-06 777,572,397 -548,013,415 229,558,982 
			 (1 )Prior to 31 March 2004 no surpluses (shown as negative figures) were returned to the Exchequer. HRA Subsidy was paid as a net amount after an offset was made between the housing and rent rebate elements. These amounts were not available to authorities for expenditure on their housing stock as they represent a saving to the Exchequer. (2 )Remaining surpluses after the offset (shown as negative figures) remained with the individual local authority and were transferred to their General Fund and lost to housing. This practice ended on 1 April 2004 and the resources are retained within the subsidy regime. (3 )The introduction of the Major Repairs Allowance on 1 April 2001 reduced surpluses by £1.5 billion and put the national system into overall deficit with the Exchequer making up the difference.

Overcrowding: Greater London

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how the £19 million to fund innovative schemes to tackle overcrowding in London announced on 20 November 2006 has been allocated, broken down by local authority.

Yvette Cooper: The following table shows the total amount for each borough in receipt of an allocation of regional housing pot funding in 2006-07 for pilot schemes to tackle overcrowding in London:
	
		
			  Local authority  Allocation (£) 
			 Brent 2,150,000 
			 Croydon 3,492,735 
			 Greenwich 606,000 
			 Hackney 860,000 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,000,000 
			 Haringey 120,000 
			 Havering 315,000 
			 Hillingdon 825,000 
			 Islington 760,000 
			 Lambeth 4,280,250 
			 Redbridge 250,000 
			 Southwark 2,772,683 
			 Sutton 120,000 
			 Tower Hamlets 202,000 
			 Westminster 1,395,000 
			 Total 19,148,668

Right to Buy Scheme

Jacqui Lait: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to amend the Housing (Right to Buy) (Information to Secure Tenants) Order 2005 (S.I., 2005, No.1735) to include a requirement that the type of construction and any known defects associated with the type of construction should be included in the seller's information.

Yvette Cooper: There are no plans to do this. Section 125 of the Housing Act 1985 already requires social landlords to inform tenants who apply to purchase their homes under the Right to Buy scheme of any structural defect known to the landlord.

Social Rented Housing: Insurance

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will take steps to require registered social landlords to advise their tenants to take out home contents insurance.

Yvette Cooper: Registered social landlords are required to provide high standards of customer care. Landlords should consider all aspects of this, including insurance. The Housing Corporation has issued good practice guidance on facilitating access to insurance called "Insurance for All" which is available on the corporation's website.

Temporary Accommodation

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of placing homeless households in long-term placements in temporary accommodation outside their local authority area.

Yvette Cooper: Under the homelessness legislation (part 7 of the Housing Act 1996), local housing authorities must ensure that suitable accommodation is available for housing applicants accepted as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need. In some cases it may be appropriate for a homeless household to be placed in accommodation outside the local authority area but authorities are required to ensure that, so far as reasonably practicable, accommodation is secured in their district. Moreover, we have issued statutory guidance—the "Homelessness Code of Guidance for Local Authorities"—which states that wherever possible the accommodation secured should be as close as possible to where applicants were previously living, so they can retain established links with schools, doctors, social workers and other key services and support essential to the well-being of the household.